Acts 8:36

Acts 8:36 Meaning and Explanation

And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?

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Coming to water along the way, the eunuch asks what hinders him from being baptized.

What Does Acts 8:36 Mean?

Philip's preaching of Jesus plainly included what those who receive Him do, for at the first sight of water the eunuch asks for baptism. His question — 'what doth hinder me?' — comes from a man long accustomed to hindrances.

A foreigner and a eunuch, kept from the heart of the assembly all his life (Deuteronomy 23:1), he asks whether one more barrier awaits. The gospel's glorious answer is: none. Isaiah's promise to the eunuch who takes hold of the covenant (Isaiah 56:4-5) rolls toward fulfillment beside a desert pool. Nothing hinders the soul that comes to Christ.

Acts 8:36 in the Original Language

kolyo (κωλύω), 'hinder' -- to prevent or forbid.

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Coming to water along the way, the eunuch asks what hinders him from being baptized.

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