Thematic Bible: Eunuch
Thematic Bible
Eunuch » Influential court officials
Eunuch » Prohibited from certain privileges of the congregation
Eunuch » Baptism of the ethiopian
[Meanwhile] an angel [sent] from the Lord spoke to Philip and said, "Get up and travel south on the road from Jerusalem to Gaza; that is a deserted region." So, he went and [eventually] came across a man who was the Ethiopian Queen Candace's treasurer. He was a high official and was also a eunuch [Note: This was a man without normal sexual activity], who had been to Jerusalem to worship [i.e., probably as a Jewish proselyte]. He was returning [to his home in Ethiopia] and was sitting in his chariot [Note: Chariots were stopped on long journeys occasionally for resting, eating, reading, etc.] reading [a scroll of] the prophet Isaiah. read more.
The Holy Spirit said to Philip, "Go on up close to the chariot."
The Holy Spirit said to Philip, "Go on up close to the chariot."
Eunuch » Those who voluntarily became (continent, probably) for the kingdom of heaven's sake
For there are eunuchs [i.e., men who do not have normal sexual activity] who are born that way; then there are eunuchs who were made that way by undergoing a surgical operation; then there are [also] eunuchs who purposely chose to avoid normal sexual activity for the sake of [ministering in] the kingdom of heaven. Whoever can accept such an arrangement [i.e., of not marrying], should do so."
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