Acts
8:26-40
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- Reading the Text:
- NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
- Greek Interlinear Bible, ScrTR, ScrTR t, Strong, Parsing, CGTS, CGES id, AV.
- The Bible Gateway: NRSV, RSV, NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
- The Blue Letter Bible
- The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary & sermons.
- Historical References, Commentary and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.
- III.XII.8, IV.XXIII.2, Adversus Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons. (c. 180)
- Chapter IV, Chapter XVIII, On Baptism, Tertullian (c. 198)
- I.10, Stromata, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
- II.1, Ecclesiastical History, Eusebius of Caesarea, (c. 320).
- 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."
- From
Matthew
Henry's Commentary.
- "Sometimes God opens a door of opportunity to his ministers in very unlikely places."
- 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."
- 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."
- 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."
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
- Commentary,
1 John 4:7-21, Coleman Baker, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2015.
- "The narrative assigned for the fifth Sunday after Easter represents a critical moment in the emerging church as it moves beyond Judaism and Judea."
- "On the Wilderness Road," Katie Munnik, Presbyterian Record, 2015.
- Proclamation as Conversation on the Road, Patrick Johnson, Missional Preaching, 2015.
- Video story telling, Story Divine, 2015.
- "The Politics of the Converted Official," Richard Davis, Political Theology Today, 2015.
- The Center for Excellence in Preaching, Scott Hoezee, resources from Calvin Theological Seminary: Comments & Observations, Textual Points, illustration ideas, 2015.
- "To Fully Preach the Gospel, We Need to Sit with People Wildly Different from Us," Laura Everett, Faith and Leadership, 2015.
- "The Eunuch's Legacy," Lynn Miller, Art & Faith Matters, celebrating our creative and living God by generating art and architecture resources for congregations and individuals. Art and Faith Matters facebook page contains additional resources.
- "Of Eunuchs and Hope," Peter Lockhart, A Different Heresy, 2015.
- "Legislating Love in the 21st Century," Karyn L. Wiseman, ON Scripture, Odyssey Networks. Includes discussion questions. Video: Marriage Equality and the U.S. Supreme Court.
- "Watch and Wonder," Casey FitzGerald,Faith and Wonder, 2015.
- Pulpit Fiction, plus podcast. Reflections of lectionary text, pop culture, current events, etc. Robb Mc Coy and Eric Fistler, 2015.
- "Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch," sermon discussion from Frederick Buechner, Frederick Buechner Blog. "Conversion," Frederick Buechner, Beyond Words.
- "So Philip baptized him, and when that black and mutilated potentate bobbed back to the surface, he was so carried away he couldn't even speak. The sounds of his joy were like the sounds of a brook rattling over pebbles, and Philip never saw him again and never had to."
- Commentary,
Acts 8:26-40, Mitzi J. Smith, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2012.
- "God who raised Jesus orchestrates unlikely relationships that the status quo does not otherwise permit for the transformation of marginalized individuals."
- "The Silence of the Lamb and the Proclamation of the Church," D Mark Davis, raw translation and exegesis/questions, Left Behind and Loving It, 2012.
- "I really like the contrast between the sheep, which does not open its mouth in silence, and Philip, who opens his mouth in evangelizing."
- "Castrating Our Customs," Rev. Adam J. Copeland, Day 1, 2012.
- "A friend of mine gives away bumper stickers of a favorite phrase of his: 'Keep Church Weird.' By that my friend means church—or any gathering recognizing God’s lovely, strange people—is a place where we might break out of our ordinary expected un-weird culture and be, well, weird."
- "The Conversion of the Ethiopian Eunuch," Nadia Bolz Weber, The Hardest Question, 2012.
- "Or the Conversion of Phillip?"
- "The New Community," John C. Holbert, Patheos, 2012.
-
Commentary,
Acts 8:26-40, Richard Jensen, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2009.
- "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."
- Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
-
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."
- "Suffering Servants," study guide, Robert B. Kruschwitz, (other resources at) "Suffering," Christian Reflection, The Center for Christian Ethics at Baylor University, 2005.
-
"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."
- Acts 8:26-40, Acts and the Easter Season, Donald Juel, Word & World Texts in Context, Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary, 1985.
- "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."
- Eunuchs: "Let Him Accept it Who Can," from And Adam Knew Eve: A Dictionary of Sex in the Bible by Ronald L. Ecker.
- Commentary,
1 John 4:7-21, Coleman Baker, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2015.
- Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices. Annotated list of "starting place" articles at ATLAS for this week's texts (includes direct links).
- Bell, John L.,
"God's Good Gift," Journal for Preachers, 2006. Sermon.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Brosend, William, "Unless Someone
Guides Me," The Christian Century, 2000.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Brueggemann, Walter, "Dialogue
between Incommensurate Partners: Prospects for Common Testimony,"
Journal of Ecumenical Studies, 2001.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Carson, Cottrel R., "Acts 8:37 - A
Textual Reexamination," Union Seminary Quarterly Review, 1997.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Das, A Andrew, "Acts 8: Water,
Baptism, and the Spirit," Concordia Journal, 1993.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Felder, Cain Hope, "The Bible, Black
Women and Ministry," Journal of the Interdenominational Theological
Center, 1984-85.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Grassi, Joseph A., M.M., "Emmaus
Revisited (Luke 24:13-35 and Acts 8:26-40)," The Catholic Biblical
Quarterly, 1964.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Juel, Donald, "Acts and the Easter
Season," Word & World, 1985. (Section on this text begins on p.
211)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Martin, Clarice J., "A Chamberlain's Journey and the
Challenge of Interpretation for Liberation," Semeia, 1989.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Myers, William H., "No Risks, No Rewards," Journal
of Religious Thought, 1992.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - O'Toole, S.J., R.F.,
"Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch (Acts 8:25-40)," Journal for the
Study of the New Testament, 1983.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Rice, Richard J.,
"Breaking Down Barriers," The Living Pulpit, 1997.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Rosica, Thomas M., "The Road to Emmaus and the Road
to Gaza: Luke 24:13-35 and Acts 8:26-40," Worship, 1994.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Shauf, Scott., "Locating the eunuch: Characterization and narrative context in Acts 8:26-40," Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2009.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerial - 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.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Strelan, Rick,
"The Running Prophet (Acts 8:30)," Novum Testamentum, 2001.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Williamson, Clark M., "The Eunuch's Evocative
Question: A Sermon Preached in Sweeny Chapel," Encounter, 1998.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Bell, John L.,
"God's Good Gift," Journal for Preachers, 2006. Sermon.
- Sermons:
- "Telling the Story by Heart," John Wimmer, Faith & Leadership, 2009.
- "The Inner Guiding Light," Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle, Washington - Sermons from Seattle.
- "A Crucial Crossing," the Rev. Dr. Stephanie Weiner, Day 1, 2003.
- "Could you Be Wrong about God?" the Rev. Craig Barnes, Day 1, 2000.
- With Children:
- Worshiping with Children, Easter 5, Including children in the congregation's worship, using the Revised Common Lectionary, Carolyn C. Brown, 2015. 2012.
- "Storypath Lectionary Links: Connecting Children's Literature with our Faith Story," May 3, 2015, Union Presbyterian Seminary. 2012.
- Worshiping with Children, Easter 5B, Including children in the congregation's worship, using the Revised Common Lectionary, Carolyn C. Brown, 2012.
- "Philip Baptizes an Ethiopian," Sunday School Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc.
- "Philip and the Ethiopian," children's study, puzzles, coloring sheet, etc. Higher Praise Christian Center.
- Drama:
- "Philip and the Official," Dan Wilson, dramatix.
- Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
- Images for this week's readings, Pitts Theology Library Digital Image Archive.
- Clip Art: Philip and the Ethiopian, Julius Schnoor von Carolsfeld woodcuts, World Mission Collection, Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod.
- Hymns and Music:
- Hymnary.org, hymns, scores, media, information.
- Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
- Movies Listed at The Text This Week's Movie Concordance:
- Study Links and Resources for the Book of Acts
