Acts 8:38 in every translation
Leer en españolThe same verse in each translation we publish, grouped by language and by the tradition that made it. Numbering is matched for each text (for example, Psalms in the Septuagint).
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- Acts 8:37: the eunuch’s confession of faith
In some Bibles, before Philip baptizes the Ethiopian, he says, “If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest,” and the eunuch answers, “I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.” This verse is missing from the oldest Greek manuscripts and from most Byzantine ones, but it was known to St Irenaeus in the second century. It appears to be an early baptismal confession added to the story.
English
Catholic
DRB Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
And he commanded the chariot to stand still; and they went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch: and he baptized him.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
And he ordered the chariot to stand still. And both Philip and the eunuch descended into the water. And he baptized him.
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
He commanded the chariot to stand still, and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
He commanded the chariot to stand still, and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptised him.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
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.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
And Philip gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.
LSV Literal Standard Version
and he commanded the chariot to stand still, and they both went down to the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he immersed him;
Read in context · Literal Standard Version. Copyright © 2020 Covenant Press. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/englsv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Darby Darby Translation
And he commanded the chariot to stop. And they went down both to the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptised him.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
Then he commanded the charet to stand stil: and they went downe both into the water, both Philip and the Eunuche, and he baptized him.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
So the Ethiopian commanded the chariot to stop. They went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and Philip baptized him.
Read in context · Unlocked Literal Bible. Copyright © 2017 Door43 World Missions Community. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engULB/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tyndale Tyndale New Testament (1534)
And he commaunded the charet to stonde still. And they went doune bothe into the water: bothe Philip and also the chamberlayne and he baptised him.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
and he commanded the chariot to stand still, and they both went down to the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him;
FBV Free Bible Version
He ordered that the chariot be stopped. Philip and the eunuch both went down into the water and Philip baptized him.
Read in context · Free Bible Version. Copyright © 2018 Dr. Jonathan Gallagher. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engfbv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scholarly edition
BBE Bible in Basic English
And he gave orders for the carriage to be stopped, and the two of them went down into the water, and Philip gave him baptism.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Y mandó parar el carro: y descendieron los dos al agua, Phelipe y el Eunucho, y lo bautizó.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Y mandó parar el carro: y descendieron ambos al agua, Felipe y el eunuco; y bautizóle.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Detuvieron entonces la carroza, bajaron ambos al agua y Felipe lo bautizó.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Mandó parar el carruaje. Ambos bajaron al agua, y Felipe lo bautizó.
Read in context · Palabra de Dios para ti © 2020 Asociación Bíblica Latinoamericana. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spapddpt/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
Entonces dio la orden para que detuvieran el carruaje. Y Felipe y el eunuco descendieron juntos al agua y Felipe lo bautizó.
Read in context · Versión Biblia Libre. Copyright © 2018-2020 Jonathan Gallagher y Shelly Barrios de Avila. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spavbl/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Entonces mandó detener el carro. Felipe y el eunuco descendieron al agua, y Felipe lo bautizó.
Read in context · La Biblia en Español Sencillo, traducida y editada por Irma Flores (AudioBiblia.org).
Greek
Orthodox
PT1904 Patriarchal Text 1904 (accented, eBible edition)
καὶ ἐκέλευσε στῆναι τὸ ἅρμα, καὶ κατέβησαν ἀμφότεροι εἰς τὸ ὕδωρ, ὅ τε Φίλιππος καὶ ὁ εὐνοῦχος, καὶ ἐβάπτισεν αὐτόν.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
και εκελευσεν στηναι το αρμα, και κατεβησαν αμφοτεροι εις το υδωρ, ο τε φιλιππος και ο ευνουχος, και εβαπτισεν αυτον.
Read in context · Patriarchal Text, Antoniades 1904/1912 edition, verified by Maurice A. Robinson and Jussi Ala-Konni (https://github.com/byztxt/greektext-antoniades). Public domain.
Individual translator
TR Textus Receptus (Boyd collation)
Καὶ ἐκέλευσε στῆναι τὸ ἅρμα· καὶ κατέβησαν ἀμφότεροι εἰς τὸ ὕδωρ, ὅ τε Φίλιππος καὶ ὁ εὐνοῦχος· καὶ ἐβάπτισεν αὐτόν.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
και εκελευσεν στηναι το αρμα και κατεβησαν αμφοτεροι εισ το υδωρ ο τε φιλιπποσ και ο ευνουχοσ και εβαπτισεν αυτον
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
καὶ ἐκέλευσεν στῆναι τὸ ἅρμα, καὶ κατέβησαν ἀμφότεροι εἰς τὸ ὕδωρ, ὅ τε Φίλιππος καὶ ὁ εὐνοῦχος, καὶ ἐβάπτισεν αὐτόν.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
καὶ ἐκέλευσεν στῆναι τὸ ἅρμα, καὶ κατέβησαν ἀμφότεροι εἰς τὸ ὕδωρ ὅ τε Φίλιππος καὶ ὁ εὐνοῦχος, καὶ ἐβάπτισεν αὐτόν.
Read in context · The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition. Copyright 2010 by the Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/grcsbl/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate
Et jussit stare currum: et descenderunt uterque in aquam, Philippus et eunuchus, et baptizavit eum.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
И҆ повелѣ̀ ста́ти колесни́цѣ: и҆ снидо́ста ѻ҆́ба на во́дꙋ, фїлі́ппъ же и҆ ка́женикъ: и҆ крестѝ є҆го̀.
Read in context · Church Slavonic text: Ponomar Project (github.com/typiconman/ponomar), © 2006–2018 Aleksandr Andreev and others, licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later. Changes for this site (2026-10-18): lectionary pericope markers, marginal glosses and the closing note of Genesis removed, Psalm verses renumbered to the Russian Synodal numbering, joined verses noted; the words are unchanged.
Russian
Orthodox
Synodal Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
И приказал остановить колесницу, и сошли оба в воду, Филипп и евнух; и крестил его.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Και προσέταξε να σταθή η άμαξα, και κατέβησαν αμφότεροι εις το ύδωρ, ο Φίλιππος και ο ευνούχος, και εβάπτισεν αυτόν.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
И заповеди да стану кола, и сиђоше оба на воду, и Филип и ушкопљеник, и крсти га.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
I zapovedi da stanu kola, i siđoše oba na vodu, i Filip i uškopljenik, i krsti ga.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
فَأَمَرَ أَنْ تَقِفَ ٱلْمَرْكَبَةُ، فَنَزَلَا كِلَاهُمَا إِلَى ٱلْمَاءِ، فِيلُبُّسُ وَٱلْخَصِيُّ، فَعَمَّدَهُ.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC