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Text -- Acts 8:28-40 (NET)

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8:28 and was returning home, sitting in his chariot, reading the prophet Isaiah. 8:29 Then the Spirit said to Philip, “Go over and join this chariot.” 8:30 So Philip ran up to it and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. He asked him, “Do you understand what you’re reading?” 8:31 The man replied, “How in the world can I, unless someone guides me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. 8:32 Now the passage of scripture the man was reading was this: “He was led like a sheep to slaughter, and like a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he did not open his mouth. 8:33 In humiliation justice was taken from him. Who can describe his posterity? For his life was taken away from the earth.” 8:34 Then the eunuch said to Philip, “Please tell me, who is the prophet saying this about– himself or someone else?” 8:35 So Philip started speaking, and beginning with this scripture proclaimed the good news about Jesus to him. 8:36 Now as they were going along the road, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “Look, there is water! What is to stop me from being baptized?” 8:37 [[EMPTY]] 8:38 So he ordered the chariot to stop, and both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and Philip baptized him. 8:39 Now when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him any more, but went on his way rejoicing. 8:40 Philip, however, found himself at Azotus, and as he passed through the area, he proclaimed the good news to all the towns until he came to Caesarea.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · Azotus a town of the Philistines on the Mediterranian coast straight west of Jerusalem
 · Caesarea a town on the Mediterranean 40 kilometers south of Mt. Carmel and 120 kilometers NW of Jerusalem.
 · Isaiah a son of Amoz; a prophet active in Judah from about 740 to 701 B.C.,son of Amoz; a major prophet in the time of Hezekiah
 · Philip a man who was one of the twelve apostles,a son of Herod the Great; husband of Herodias; ruler of Iturea and Traconitis north and west of Galilee,a man who was one of the seven chosen to serve tables at the church at Jerusalem


Dictionary Themes and Topics: ACTS OF THE APOSTLES, 13-OUTLINE | Conversion | Philip | Ethiopia | CUSH (1) | ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH | Jesus, The Christ | Gaza | Preaching | Chariot | Converts | ACCOMMODATION | Baptism | Confession | READING | Ashdod | Zeal | Caesarea | Word of God | Eunuch | more
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NET Notes: Act 8:28 The fact that this man was reading from a scroll (an expensive item in the first century) indicates his connection to a wealthy house.

NET Notes: Act 8:30 Grk “he said”; but since what follows is a question, it is better English style to translate the introduction to the question “he as...

NET Notes: Act 8:31 Grk “How am I able, unless…” The translation is based on the force of the conjunction γάρ (gar) in this context. The ...

NET Notes: Act 8:32 Grk “does.” The present tense here was translated as a past tense to maintain consistency with the first line of the quotation (“he ...

NET Notes: Act 8:33 A quotation from Isa 53:7-8.

NET Notes: Act 8:34 About himself, or about someone else? It is likely in 1st century Judaism this would have been understood as either Israel or Isaiah.

NET Notes: Act 8:35 Beginning with this scripture. The discussion likely included many of the scriptures Acts has already noted for the reader in earlier speeches. At the...

NET Notes: Act 8:36 Or “What prevents me.” The rhetorical question means, “I should get baptized, right?”

NET Notes: Act 8:37 A few later mss (E 36 323 453 945 1739 1891 pc) add, with minor variations, 8:37 “He said to him, ‘If you believe with your whole heart, y...

NET Notes: Act 8:38 Philip baptized. Again, someone beyond the Twelve has ministered an ordinance of faith.

NET Notes: Act 8:39 Note that the response to the gospel is rejoicing (joy, cf. Acts 11:23; 13:48).

NET Notes: Act 8:40 For location see Map2 C1; Map4 B3; Map5 F2; Map7 A1; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

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