<p>8:38 <em>And he commanded the chariot to stop</em>- See on :29 <em>Go near and join this chariot</em>.</p><p><em>And they both went down into the water</em>- This along with the description of them coming &quot;up out of the water&quot; (:39) is sure evidence that baptism was by immersion. And it has been well observed that nobody crosses a desert without water bottles. They surely had some water, which would have sufficed if baptism were by sprinkling.</p><p><em>Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him-</em> It is stressed twice that both of them went into the water. We see here the unity between preacher and convert, which we also noted on :31 <em>Sit with him</em>.</p>