Passage

Acts 8.40

Book: Acts · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"38. 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. 39. And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip; and the eunuch saw him no more, for he went on his way rejoicing."

"40. But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached the gospel to all the cities, till he came to Caesarea." (Acts 8:38-40, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"38. He commanded the chariot to stand still, and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him. 39. When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught Philip away, and the eunuch didn’t see him any more, for he went on his way rejoicing."

"40. But Philip was found at Azotus. Passing through, he preached the Good News to all the cities, until he came to Caesarea." (Acts 8:38-40, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"38. 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. 39. And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing."

"40. But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea." (Acts 8:38-40, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"38. 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; 39. and when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, and the eunuch saw him no more, for he was going on his way rejoicing;"

"40. and Philip was found at Azotus, and passing through, he was proclaiming good news to all the cities, till his coming to Caesarea." (Acts 8:38-40, YLT)

Setting

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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