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Acts 8:35

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33 In His humiliation He was deprived of justice. Who can recount His descendants? For His life was removed from the earth.”

34 “Tell me,” said the eunuch, “who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?”

Then Philip began with this very Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus.

36 As they traveled along the road and came to some water, the eunuch said, “Look, here is water! What is there to prevent me from being baptized?”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Then Philip began with this very Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus.
KJV
Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.
WEB
Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture, preached to him about Jesus.
ASV
And Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture, preached unto him Jesus.
DARBY
And Philip, opening his mouth and beginning from that scripture, announced the glad tidings of Jesus to him.
BLB
And Philip, having opened his mouth and having begun from this Scripture, proclaimed the good news to him—Jesus.
ÅB
Da åpnet Filip sin munn, og idet han gikk ut fra dette skriftsted, forkynte han ham evangeliet om Jesus.
OTB
Da begynte Filip å tale, og med utgangspunkt i denne Skriften delte han budskapet om Jesus med ham.
B1930
Da oplot Filip sin munn, og idet han gikk ut fra dette skriftsted, forkynte han ham evangeliet om Jesus.

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Cross references

  • Luke 24:27

    And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them what was written in all the Scriptures about Himself.

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  • Acts 18:28

    For he powerfully refuted the Jews in public debate, proving from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.

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  • 1 Corinthians 2:2

    For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.

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  • Acts 28:23

    So they set a day to meet with Paul, and many people came to the place he was staying. He expounded to them from morning to evening, testifying about the kingdom of God and persuading them about Jesus from the Law of Moses and the Prophets.

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  • Matthew 5:2

    and He began to teach them, saying:

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  • Acts 5:42

    Every day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ.

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  • Acts 19:13

    Now there were some itinerant Jewish exorcists who tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those with evil spirits. They would say, “I bind you by Jesus, whom Paul proclaims.”

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  • Acts 11:20

    But some of them, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks as well, proclaiming the good news about the Lord Jesus.

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