Reference

Acts 8:36

And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?
34

And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?

35

Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.

36

And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?

37

And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.

38

And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.

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Believer's Baptism
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Believer's Baptism

The verse itself doesn't explicitly state that the eunuch had *just* believed or repented at that exact moment. It's possible his belief and repentance occurred earlier during Philip's explanation of the scriptures, and this verse simply records the immediate consequence of that prior conversion. Therefore, while it shows baptism following a decision, it doesn't definitively prove that the decision *must* immediately precede the baptism in every instance, nor does it preclude the possibility of