Talk:Philip the Evangelist

A Man of Ethiopian
Until recently, it was said on this page, in a recent paragraph, that Philip baptised an Ethiopian eunuch. However, recently that wording was changed by one Richard Deveraux to "'man of Ethiopian' (frequently cited as "Ethiopian, but this is not what the text conveys)." The meaning of this I do not know, because I have failed to find the strange phrase "man of Ethiopian" in any version I know.  No citation is given for Dereraux's addition, so I will be removing it.  And in case anyone is wondering, the KJV calls the fellow, "a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch." Some other versions, translating more literally, call him an Ethiopian.  The most literal translation from Greek would be to call him "a man, an Ethiopian, a eunuch."  So regardless of what translation we use, I don't think anyone will object to his being called an Ethiopian eunuch.  This is normally such a minor issue that I wouldn't think to mention it on a talk page, but seeing the sensitivity of so many toward even the most seemingly minor differences between Bible translations, it seemed good to justify my reasoning. Mitchell Powell (talk) 22:59, 25 November 2009 (UTC)