[Iscool]

if Philip told him baptism was for a public testimony, it was a waste of time because THERE WAS NO PUBLIC TO WITNESS IT!

You weren't there so obviously, your conjecture is meaningless...

They were not on an isolated two-track in the wilderness...They were on the main highway to Ethiopia...Could have been people all up and down the highway...

Besides, it would seem that one public witness would be plenty...

[metmom]

They were not on an isolated two-track in the wilderness...They were on the main highway to Ethiopia...Could have been people all up and down the highway...

Most normal people would considering doing something out in the open on a major highway where anybody could view it as being *in public*.

It constantly astounds me the lengths to which some will go in their efforts to deny the clear teaching of Scripture.