Acts 8:36-38
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
36 (A)As they traveled along the road they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “Look, there is water. What is to prevent my being baptized?” [37 ][a] 38 Then he ordered the chariot to stop, and Philip and the eunuch both went down into the water, and he baptized him.
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- 8:37 The oldest and best manuscripts of Acts omit this verse, which is a Western text reading: “And Philip said, ‘If you believe with all your heart, you may.’ And he said in reply, ‘I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.’”
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