"As they traveled along the road, they came to some water and the eunuch said, 'See, here is water! What prevents me from being baptized?' And he commanded the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him."

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"As they traveled along the road, they came to some water and the eunuch said, 'See, here is water! What prevents me from being baptized?' And he commanded the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him."

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Acts 8:36-38. This passage recounts the story of the Ethiopian eunuch's conversion and baptism. It's a clear example of believer's baptism in the New Testament, emphasizing personal faith in Jesus Christ as a prerequisite for baptism. The eunuch, after hearing Philip explain the good news about Jesus from the Isaiah scroll, expresses his desire to be baptized upon seeing water.

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