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Acts 8:37

Acts 8:37
And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And he commanded the chariot to stand still,.... That is, the eunuch ordered his chariot driver to stop; for to him it better agrees to give this order than to Philip; though otherwise the words are…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

And Philip said ... - This was stated by Philip as the proper qualification for making a profession of religion. The terms are: “Faith,” that is, a reception of Jesus as a Saviour; yielding the mind…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God - He believed that Jesus, whom Philip preached to him, was The Christ or Messiah, and consequently the Son of God.

This whole verse is omitted by ABCG,…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Acts 8:26-40

We have here the story of the conversion of an Ethiopian eunuch to the faith of Christ, by whom, we have reason to think, the knowledge of Christ was sent into that country where he lived, and that…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

And Philip said. If thou believest with all thine hearty thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God The whole of this verse is omitted in the oldest MSS. It…