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Conversion of Ethiopian Eunuch

Conversion of Ethiopian Eunuch is dated AD 32. It is told in Acts 8:26–40. Holy Spirit, Candace, Phillip the Evangelist are part of it.

Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go south to the desert road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.”

Acts 8:26 BSB

When did it happen?

Modern reckoning
AD 32
Traditional reckoning
AD 32

Dates before about 900 BC depend on how the Bible's own numbers are added up. Why the two reckonings differ.

Where is it in the Bible?

Who was there, and where?

Where: Gaza.

Which verses connect to Acts 8:26?

The strongest cross-references of the key verse, ranked by reader votes (OpenBible.info).

  1. 2 Kings 1:310 votes

    But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are on your way to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?’

  2. Acts 5:199 votes

    But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out, saying,

  3. Hebrews 1:147 votes

    Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?

  4. Acts 27:236 votes

    For just last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood beside me

  5. Acts 10:225 votes

    “Cornelius the centurion has sent us,” they said. “He is a righteous and God-fearing man with a good reputation among the whole Jewish nation. A holy angel instructed him to request your presence in his home so he could hear a message from you.”

  6. Acts 12:235 votes

    Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.

Events, people and places: Theographic Bible Metadata (Robert Rouse), CC BY-SA 4.0, reshaped; dates also from the sources named on each anchor.