Philip and the Royal Offical

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Acts 8:26-40 

(Acts 6:1-6)

Philip had a good reputation, was full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom. 

(Acts 6:7)

The word of God kept on spreading, and the number of the disciples continued to increase greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were becoming obedient to the faith. 

  (Acts 8:1) 

And on that day (the day Stephen was stoned for preaching Christ) great persecution began against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles. 

(Acts 8:4-8)

Therefore, those who had been scattered went about preaching the word. 

Philip went down to the city of Samaria and began proclaiming Christ to them. The crowds with one accord were giving attention to what was said by Philip, as they heard and saw the signs (miracles) which he was performing. So there was much rejoicing in that city. 

(Acts 8:12)
But when they believed Philip preaching the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were being baptized,* men and women alike. 

(Acts 8:27a)
But an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip saying, "Get up and go south to the road that descends from Jerusalem to Gaza." (This is a desert road.) So he got up and went;

(Acts 8:27b-28)

 ...and there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure; and he had come to Jerusalem to worship, and he was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet, Isaiah. 

(Acts 8:29)
Then the Spirit said to Philip, "Go up and join this chariot."

(Acts 8:30-31)

 Philip ran up and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, "Do you understand what you are reading?" And he said, "Well, how could I unless someone guides me?" And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. 

(Acts 8:32-34)
Now the passage of Scripture which he was reading was this:
"HE WAS LED AS A SHEEP TO SLAUGHTER; AND AS A LAMB BEFORE ITS SHEARER IS SILENT, SO HE DOES NOT OPEN HIS MOUTH. "IN HUMILIATION HIS JUDGMENT WAS TAKEN AWAY; WHO WILL RELATE HIS GENERATION? FOR HIS LIFE IS REMOVED FROM THE EARTH." 

The eunuch answered Philip and said, "Please tell me of whom does the prophet say this? Of himself or someone else?"

(Acts 8:35)
Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture...

...he preached Jesus to him. 
(Jesus is the one being spoken of in the scripture before He was even born.

John the baptist references Jesus as the Lamb of God - John 1:29)

(Acts 8:36)
As they went along the road they came to some water; and the eunuch said, "Look! Water!
What prevents me from being baptized?" 

(Acts 8:37)
(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 8:38)
And He ordered the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water,

Philip as well as the eunuch, and he baptized him.

(Acts 8:39)
When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away, and teh eunuch no longer saw him, but whent on his way rejoicing.

(Acts 8:40)

But Philip found himself at Azotus, and as he passed through he kept preaching the gospel** to all the cities until he came to Caesarea.

* BAPTISM  

(from Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words, 

Copyright © 1985, Thomas Nelson Publishers.)

baptisma (<START GREEK>ba/ptisma<END GREEK>, NT:908), 

"baptism," consisting of the processes of immersion, 

submersion and emergence (from bapto, "to dip"), 

is used (a) of John's "baptism," 

baptizo

<START GREEK>bapti/zw

<END GREEK>, NT:907), "to baptize," 

primarily a frequentative form of bapto, "to dip," 

was used among the Greeks 

to signify the dyeing of a garment, 

or the drawing of water by 

dipping a vessel into another, etc. 

Plutarchus uses it of the drawing of wine by 

dipping the cup into the bowl (Alexis, 67) 

and Plato, metaphorically, 

of being overwhelmed with questions 

(Euthydemus, 277 D).

Scriptures on baptism - Romans 6, Acts 22:15, Galatians 3:27. 

**GOSPEL

In the NT it denotes the "good tidings" of the kingdom of God and of salvation through Christ, to be received by faith, on the basis of His expiatory death, His burial, resurrection, and ascension, e. g., 

Acts 15:1-7; 20:24; 1 Peter 4:17. 

Apart from those references and those in the gospels of Matthew and Mark, 

and Rev 14:6, the noun is confined to Paul's epistles. 

The apostle uses it of two associated yet distinct things, (a) of the basic facts of the death, burial and resurrection of Christ, e. g., 1 Cor 15:1-4; (b) of the interpretation of these facts, e. g., Rom 2:16; Gal 1:7,11; 2:2; in (a) the "gospel" is viewed historically, in (b) doctrinally, with reference to the interpretation of the facts, as is sometimes indicated by the context.

(from Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words, Copyright © 1985, 

Thomas Nelson Publishers.)

Gospel/good news

1 Corinthians 15:1-4
(The death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.)

Obeying the Gospel? 

See Romans 6, Acts 22:16

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