Acts 8:38 — compare English translations
Compare translationsActs 8:38 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ἐκέλευσεν
keleúō
G2753
to command
στῆναι
hístēmi
G2476
to stand
τὸ
ho
G3588
the
ἅρμα
hárma
G716
chariot
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
κατέβησαν
katabaínō
G2597
to descend
ἀμφότεροι
amphóteros
G297
both
εἰς
eis
G1519
into
τὸ
ho
G3588
the
ὕδωρ
hýdōr
G5204
water
ὅ
ho
G3588
the
τε
té
G5037
and
Φίλιππος
Phílippos
G5376
Philip
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ὁ
ho
G3588
the
εὐνοῦχος
eunoûchos
G2135
eunuch
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ἐβάπτισεν
baptízō
G907
to baptize
αὐτόν
autós
G846
he
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
He commanded the chariot to stand still, and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him.
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King James Version Public Domain
And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And he commanded the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).