Acts 8:35-37

We are drawn to Jesus in faith, without seeing Him believing in Him, for faith alone pleases God. 

We are His living testament to others and His truth was given to us to be shared. The OT is useful for teaching and proving the prophesies of the Messiah that had been fulfilled in Jesus Christ.

First-century Jews did not speak much about a suffering Messiah. The Jewish people, facing the yoke of Roman rule, believed that the Messiah would come as the Lion of Judah, a delivering King, not a weak lamb. They believed and taught that the suffering One spoken of by Isaiah was the suffering nation of Israel. Most likely this eunuch had heard the “official” teaching of this passage in Jerusalem but still had some questions. Philip showed him that suffering One was Jesus. He had to suffer on the Cross for the sins of all of humanity.

Having heard the message of Christ’s sacrifice for sin, the eunuch responded to the conviction of the Holy Spirit. Irenaeus, an early church father who lived between a.d. 130 and 202, wrote that the eunuch returned to Ethiopia and became a missionary to his own people.

The NKJV Study Bible.

Acts 8:35–37 (NKJV)

³⁵ Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning at this Scripture, preached Jesus to him. ³⁶ Now as they went down the road, they came to some water. And the eunuch said, “See, here is water. What hinders me from being baptized?”

³⁷ Then Philip said, “If you believe with all your heart, you may.”

And he answered and said, “I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.”

² Then Paul, as his custom was, went in to them, and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures, 

Acts 17:2

²⁸ for he vigorously refuted the Jews publicly, showing from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ. 

Acts 18:28

¹⁶ He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. 

Mark 16:16

⁹ that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 

Romans 10:9