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Acts
8:26-40
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| Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
 | Comparative texts about Baptism:
Water & Spirit from DSS, Josephus, Babylonian Talmud. At
(Rutgers University Dept of Religion) Mahlon H. Smith's Into His Own: Perspective on the
World of Jesus companion to the historical study of Christian texts. |
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III.XII.8,
IV.XXIII.2,
Adversus Haereses,
Irenaeus of Lyons.
(c. 180) |
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Chapter IV,
Chapter XVIII,
On
Baptism,
Tertullian (c. 198) |
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I.10,
Stromata,
Clement of Alexandria
(c 200) |
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II.1,
Ecclesiastical History, Eusebius of Caesarea, (c. 320). |
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Chapter XIV, Historia Calamitatusm: The Story of My Misfortunes,
Pierre Abélard
/ Peter Abelard, c. 1140. |
| From the Geneva Notes.
 | "Christ, who calls freely whom
he wishes, now uses Philip, who was not thinking about any such
thing, to unexpectedly instruct and baptize the eunuch, and by this
means extends the limits of his kingdom even into Ethiopia." |
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| From
Matthew
Henry's Commentary.
| "Sometimes God opens a door of
opportunity to his ministers in very unlikely places." |
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| From
Wesley's
Notes.
| "Chief officers were anciently
called eunuchs, though not always literally such; because such used
to be chief ministers in the eastern courts." |
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| From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
| "Eunuchs were generally
employed for confidential offices in the East, and to some extent
are still." |
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| From The People's
New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
| "This mutilated class of men
often rose to great power in Oriental countries. This one was the
royal treasurer." |
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| Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
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Commentary,
Acts 8:26-40, Richard Jensen, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2009.
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"The story of our
text raises the issue clearly: who is worthy to be baptized? An
Ethiopian eunuch, that's who. The last person in the world one would
expect to be baptized." |
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Comments
(commentary) and
Clippings
(technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican
Diocese of Montreal. |
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Commentary, Acts 8:26-40, Peter J. Paris,
The African American Lectionary, 2009.
| "God has always provided a
liberation movement that can be seen in the Gospel." |
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"Suffering Servants," study guide, Robert B. Kruschwitz, (other resources at)
"Suffering," Christian Reflection, The Center for Christian
Ethics at Baylor University, 2005. |
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"The Word Goes Where It Will," Paul Bellan-Boyer, City
Called Heaven, 2009.
| "The eunuch could never be a
“full member"... Yet what is impossible with humans is possible with
God." |
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"Unless Someone Guides Me," William Brosend,
The Christian Century,
2000.
| "THE FIRST CHURCH of St. John, or
'the community of the beloved disciple,'
as the late Raymond Brown called it, seems a lot like the church around
the corner when you read between the lines. Some of the faithful sound a
little too sure of themselves. Others confuse the talk with the walk. Some
members get mad and leave the church." |
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Acts 8:26-40, Acts and the Easter Season, Donald
Juel, Word & World Texts in Context, Luther Northwestern
Theological Seminary, 1985. |
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"Philip
and the Ethiopian," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible
Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed
textual notes. |
| "The
Ethiopian Eunuch (Acts 8:26-40)," by Robert Deffinbaugh at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
| "When the gospel comes and is
received, there is great joy." |
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| Articles & Background:
| "How
Does Luke Portray Jesus as Servant of YHWH?"
R.F. O'Toole, Biblica 81 (2000).
| "Acts 8,32-33 summarize Jesus'
passion during which Luke views Jesus as the Servant and thus
humble, innocent and silent. As the Servant Jesus is also risen and
active." |
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"Reading the Painterly Text: Clarence Major's 'The Slave Trade: View from
the Middle Passage'," Linda Furgerson Selzer, African American Review,
1999.
| "According to Devisse, illustrations of
the baptism of the Ethiopian Eunuch, like the one in Figure 3 from the
early sixteenth century, became popular in Western art from the third
century on (2.1: 21). Devisse attributes the popularity of the Eunuch as a
visual theme primarily to the rich theological implications he held for
Christians as the first non-Jew to be brought into the Christian economy
of salvation." |
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| "Acts
8:26-40: Ideology of Individuals and Groups," from "Examples of
Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation in the Acts of the Apostles" at Dr. Vernon Robbins' Encyclopedia
of Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation.
| "In Martin's interpretation, then, there is concern about boundaries that
nurture a 'politics of omission' and a plea for interpreters to bring to light the ways in
which both the texts we interpret and the methods we use to interpret them marginalize,
exclude and hide persons, groups and ideologies." |
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"Blacks in the Bible," Lisa C. Jones, Ebony, 1994.
| "Although there is evidence that Blacks
were major contributors in ancient, biblical times, religious scholars say
the major point is that the Bible depicted a multicultural world." |
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| Eunuchs:
"Let Him Accept it Who Can," from And
Adam Knew Eve: A Dictionary of Sex in the Bible by Ronald L. Ecker. |
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| Bell, John L.,
"God's Good Gift," Journal for Preachers, 2006. Sermon.
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| Brosend, William, "Unless Someone
Guides Me," The Christian Century, 2000.
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| Brueggemann, Walter, "Dialogue
between Incommensurate Partners: Prospects for Common Testimony,"
Journal of Ecumenical Studies, 2001.
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| Carson, Cottrel R., "Acts 8:37 - A
Textual Reexamination," Union Seminary Quarterly Review, 1997.
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| Das, A Andrew, "Acts 8: Water,
Baptism, and the Spirit," Concordia Journal, 1993.
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| Felder, Cain Hope, "The Bible, Black
Women and Ministry," Journal of the Interdenominational Theological
Center, 1984-85.
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| Grassi, Joseph A., M.M., "Emmaus
Revisited (Luke 24:13-35 and Acts 8:26-40)," The Catholic Biblical
Quarterly, 1964.
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| Juel, Donald, "Acts and the Easter
Season," Word & World, 1985. (Section on this text begins on p.
211)
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| Martin, Clarice J., "A Chamberlain's Journey and the
Challenge of Interpretation for Liberation," Semeia, 1989.
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| Myers, William H., "No Risks, No Rewards," Journal
of Religious Thought, 1992.
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| O'Toole, S.J., R.F.,
"Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch (Acts 8:25-40)," Journal for the
Study of the New Testament, 1983.
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| Rice, Richard J.,
"Breaking Down Barriers," The Living Pulpit, 1997.
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| Rosica, Thomas M., "The Road to Emmaus and the Road
to Gaza: Luke 24:13-35 and Acts 8:26-40," Worship, 1994.
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| Smith, Abraham, "'Do You Understand What You Are
Reading?': A Literary Critical Reading of the Ethiopian (Kushite)
Episode (Acts 8:26-40)," Journal of the Interdenominational
Theological Center, 1994.
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| Strelan, Rick,
"The Running Prophet (Acts 8:30)," Novum Testamentum, 2001.
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| Williamson, Clark M., "The Eunuch's Evocative
Question: A Sermon Preached in Sweeny Chapel," Encounter, 1998.
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| Reviews:
| Yamauchi, Edwin,
Africa and the Bible. Baker Academic, 2004.
Review by Grant LeMarquand, Anglican Theological Review, 2005. |
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| Sermons:
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"Telling the Story by Heart," John Wimmer, Faith & Leadership,
2009. |
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"The Inner Guiding Light,"
Pastor Edward F.
Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle,
Washington - Sermons from Seattle. |
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"Do You
Really Understand What You Are
Reading?" the Rev. Dr. Anna Carter Florence, 30 Good Minutes,
Chicago Sunday Evening Club, 2004. |
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"A Crucial Crossing,"
the Rev. Dr. Stephanie Weiner,
Day 1, 2003. |
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"Where Will the
Holy Spirit Take Us Next?" the Rev. Dr. Martha Page Greene, 30 Good
Minutes, Chicago Sunday Evening Club, 2000. |
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"Could you Be Wrong
about God?" the Rev. Craig Barnes, Day 1,
2000. |
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"The
Eunuch's Evocative Question: A Sermon Preached in Sweeny Chapel,"
Clark M. Williamson, Encounter, 1998. |
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