Acts 8 Footnotes

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8:32-33 Reading aloud was commonly practiced in the ancient world; only centuries later did reading to oneself become more common. The Ethiopian was reading Is 53:7-8 (probably in Gk). Philip pointed to Jesus as the Servant who suffered humanity’s sins.

8:38-39 Baptism—an outward, visible response indicating acceptance of the gospel—was apparently by immersion. Later copyists added the Ethiopian’s explicit response of faith (v. 37).

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