Acts 8:36

The Passion Translation

As they were traveling down the road, the man said, “Look, here’s a pool of water. Why don’t I get baptized right now?”

Cross References

Ezekiel 36:25

I will sprinkle purifying water over you, and you will be cleansed from all the filth of your past. I will wash you clean from the defilement of worshiping false gods.

Matthew 3:11

Those who repent I baptize with water, but there is coming a man after me who is more powerful than I. In fact, I’m not even worthy enough to pick up his sandals. He will submerge you into union with the Spirit of Holiness and with a raging fire!

Matthew 3:6

And while they were publicly confessing their sins, he would immerse them in the Jordan River.

John 3:23

At this time John was still baptizing people at Aenon, near Salim, where there was plenty of water, and the people kept coming for John to baptize them.

John 3:5

Jesus answered, “I speak an eternal truth: Unless you are born of water and the Spirit, you will never enter God’s kingdom.

Acts 10:47

Peter said, “How could anyone object to these people being baptized? For they have received the Holy Spirit just as we have.”

Acts 8:37

Philip replied, “If you believe with all your heart, I’ll baptize you.” The man answered, “I believe that Jesus is the Anointed One, the Son of God.”

1 John 5:6

Jesus Christ is the One who was revealed as God’s Son by his water baptism and by the blood of his cross—not by water only, but by water and blood. And the Spirit, who is truth, confirms this with his testimony.