The Bible In Paintings: ✝️ PHILIP EVANGELIZES THE ETHIOPIAN ✝️

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PHILIP EVANGELIZES
THE ETHIOPIAN

֎ Featuring 35 Paintings and 4 Windows ֎

A C T S
«Chapter 8»

Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Go south to the road—the desert road—that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.”

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PHILIP GALLE
"An Angel Appears to St Philip"

So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, an important official in charge of all the treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship, and on his way home was sitting in his chariot reading the book of Isaiah the prophet. The Spirit told Philip, “Go to that chariot and stay near it.”

Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.

“How can I,” he said, “unless someone explains it to me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

The eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture:

“He was led like a sheep to the slaughter,
and as a lamb before the shearer is silent,
so he did not open his mouth.
In his humiliation he was deprived of justice.
Who can speak of his descendants?
For his life was taken from the earth.”*

The eunuch asked Philip, “Tell me, please, who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?” THEN PHILIP BEGAN WITH THAT VERY PASSAGE OF SCRIPTURE AND TOLD HIM THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS.

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ANN CHAPIN
"Philip and the Ethiopian"

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Menologion of Basil
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HERBERT BOECKL
"Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch"

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W H SULLIVAN
"St Philip Preaching to the Eunuch"

As they traveled along the road, they came to some water and the eunuch said, “Look, here is water. Why shouldn’t I be baptized?” And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water and Philip baptized him. When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him again, but went on his way rejoicing.

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GILLIS CLAESZ. D’HONDECOETER
"Baptism of the Moorish Chamberlain"

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ABRAHAM BLOEMAERT
"The Baptism of the Chamberlain"

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REMBRANDT
"Baptism of the Eunuch"

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REMBRANDT
"Baptism of the Eunuch"

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GERRIT CLAESZ BLEKER
"Baptism of the Eunuch"

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CLAUDE VIGNON
"St. Philip Baptizing the Eunuch of Candace"

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LAMBERT SUSTRIS
"The Baptism of the Ethiopian Eunuch"

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LOUIS BOULLOGNE II
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JOHANN DAVID SEEKATZ
"St. Philip Baptising the Servant of Queen Candace"

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JACOB DE WIT
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ALEXANDRE DENIS ABEL DE PUJOL
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PIETER LASTMAN
"The Baptism of the Eunuch"

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PIETER LASTMAN
"The Baptism of the Eunuch"

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SALVATOR ROSA
"The Baptism of the Eunuch"

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AELBERT CUYP
"Baptism of the Eunuch"

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JAN VAN DER ELBURCHT
"The Baptism of the Eunuch"

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MAERTEN JACOBZ. VAN HEEMSKERCK
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JACOB WILLEMSZ DE WET
"The Baptism of the Eunuch"

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"Philip Baptising the Eunuch"

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FRANZ ANTON MAULBERTSCH
"The Baptism of the Eunuch"

New International Version ©1984, Abrgd, EMPHASES added
Masthead Painting: “THE HAND OF GOD” by Yongsung Kim
* Isaiah 53:7,8

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[wbarmy]

Not one actual mikvah or baptising in the whole lot of pictures. In that day and age, it would have been total immersion.

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That’s my expectation, also.

[InkStone]

Good Morning Dan, and glad Friday to all.

Wonderful paintings and glass as well!

Where do you think the idea originated, of using a bowl, or a handful of water to baptize?

Thank You Dan!

[larrytown]

One of the really great accounts, with so much that can be unpacked and used. #11 and #12 are good - not a lot of greats though.

Imagine if everyone would just be as honest and straightforward as this eunuch - when asked if he understood what he was reading, he instantly comes back with ‘how can I if someone does not explain it to me?’

[etabeta]

Thank you, Dan, especially for the stained glass windows.
Educated people knew that baptism in those times was by immersion but they had to show it to the masses in a way they would understand. My opinion only.

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Pass.

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Honest, straightforward, and humble.

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When you have moved indoors from the river—swimming pools not being abundant—to a church building, the line of least resistance becomes the small baptismal font, suitable for infants, not the bulky baptismal tank, with its awkward sodden clothing.

[InkStone]

Thanks Dan

[Sunsong]

wonderful

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Stories of conversions always are.