Acts 8:36

First Nations Version

As they traveled the road, they came to a watering hole. “Look!” the man said, “There is much water here. Why should I not participate in the purification ceremony?”

Cross References

Acts 10:47

“Who can now refuse water for these people to participate in the purification ceremony? For they have received the Holy Spirit in the same manner that we did.”

John 3:23

About a two-day walk to the north, Gift of Goodwill (John) was also performing the purification ceremony, at Spring of Water (Aenon), near Peaceful Village (Salem), where there was much water.

John 3:5

“Listen closely,” Creator Sets Free (Jesus) answered. “One must be born of both water and spirit to walk Creator’s good road.

1 John 5:6

He is the one who came through water and blood—Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One. He did not come by water only, but by both water and blood. It is the Holy Spirit who tells us that this is true, for the Spirit himself is the truth.

Matthew 3:6

They came admitting to their bad hearts and broken ways and participated in the purification ceremony.

Matthew 3:11

“I perform the purification ceremony with water, for the ones who have returned to the right way of thinking. But there is one you do not know, who is right here with you, and even though he comes after me, he is much greater. I am not even worthy to bend down and untie his moccasins. He is the one who will perform the purification ceremony with the fire of the Holy Spirit!

Acts 8:37

“If from your heart you truly believe,” Lover of Horses (Philip) answered, “you may.” “I believe that Creator Sets Free (Jesus) is the Son of the Great Spirit,” the man replied.