Acts 1-2: 30AD – Acts 8:
Persecution doesn’t us, it us (v.4)
(Jesus) …he has no firm root in himself, but is only temporary, and when affliction or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he falls away. – Matthew 13:21 (NASB95)
(v.7)
…God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him. – Acts 10:38 (NIV)
Before Philip makes a major change:
He hears God speak (v.26)
Notice: God gives no (v.26)
Philip’s responsibility is to (v.27a)
So he got up and went… – Acts 8:27 (NASB95)
(vv.27-28)
Candace is a not a
In New Testament times eunuch meant
No one who has been emasculated…may enter the assembly of the Lord. – Deuteronomy 23:1 (NIV)
Sheba is
And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of Jehovah, she came to prove him with hard questions. – 1 Kings 10:1 (ASV)
Ethiopian monarchs claim to be descendants of
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Menelik, Falashas, Bet-Israel
God’s will is revealed (v.29)
(vv.32-33) Isaiah 53:7-8
(v.35) Philip preached from the (v.37)
In the New Testament comes before
[And Philip said, “If you believe with all your heart, you may.” And he answered and said, “I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.”] – Acts 8:37 (NASB95)
(v.38)
And he ordered that the chariot stop; and they both went down into the water, Philip as well as the eunuch, and he baptized (baptizo) him. – Acts 8:38 (NASB)
baptized: baptizo – to immerse, submerge (OTESD)
In the New Testament all baptisms were by
Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism (baptisma) into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too may walk in newness of life. – Romans 6:4 (NASB)
(v.39)
When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched (harpazo: rapuit [Latin Vulgate]) Philip away; and the eunuch no longer saw him, but went on his way rejoicing. – Acts 8:39 (NASB)
Philip goes on to live a very
( years later) Leaving the next day, we reached Caesarea and stayed at the house of Philip the evangelist, one of the Seven. He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied. – Acts 21:8-9 (NIV)