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36 As they rode along, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “Look! There’s some water! Why can’t I be baptized?”[a] 38 He ordered the carriage to stop, and they went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.

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  1. 8:36 Some manuscripts add verse 37, “You can,” Philip answered, “if you believe with all your heart.” And the eunuch replied, “I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.”

36 Now as they went down the road, they came to some water. And the eunuch said, “See, here is water. (A)What hinders me from being baptized?”

37 [a]Then Philip said, (B)“If you believe with all your heart, you may.”

And he answered and said, (C)“I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.”

38 So he commanded the chariot to stand still. And both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and he baptized him.

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  1. Acts 8:37 NU, M omit v. 37. It is found in Western texts, including the Latin tradition.