Acts 8:36 - Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁶ And while they were going along the way, they arrived at a certain water source. And the eunuch said: "There is water. What would prevent me from being baptized?"

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁶ And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁶ And as they continued along on the way, they came to some water, and the eunuch exclaimed, See, [here is] water! What is to hinder my being baptized?

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁶ And as they went on the way, they came unto a certain water; and the eunuch saith, Behold, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?

Common English Bible

³⁶ As they went down the road, they came to some water. The eunuch said, “Look! Water! What would keep me from being baptized?”

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁶ And as they went on their way, they came to a certain water; and the eunuch said: See, here is water: what doth hinder me from being baptized?

English Standard Version 2016

³⁶ And as they were going along the road they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “See, here is water! What prevents me from being baptized?”

Acts 8:36 Cross References

Ezekiel 36:25

And I will pour clean water over you, and you shall be cleansed from all your filth, and I will cleanse you from all your idols.

Matthew 3:11

Indeed, I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who will come after me is more powerful than me. I am not worthy to carry his shoes. He will baptize you with the fire of the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 3:6

And they were baptized by him in the Jordan, acknowledging their sins.

John 3:23

Now John was also baptizing, at Aenon near Salim, because there was much water in that place. And they were arriving and being baptized.

John 3:5

Jesus responded: "Amen, amen, I say to you, unless one has been reborn by water and the Holy Spirit, he is not able to enter into the kingdom of God.

Acts 10:47

Then Peter responded, "How could anyone prohibit water, so that those who have received the Holy Spirit would not be baptized, just as we also have been?"

Acts 8:37

Then Philip said, "If you believe from your whole heart, it is permitted." And he responded by saying, "I believe the Son of God to be Jesus the Christ."

1 John 5:6

This is the One who came by water and blood: Jesus Christ. Not by water only, but by water and blood. And the Spirit is the One who testifies that the Christ is the Truth.