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Mountain of
Judah and Shephelah
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77. The (church) of Saint
Philip, where they say that the eunuch Candaces was baptized - ('Ayn al-Dhirwah) |
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There is a spring, welling out from the foot of the mountain, being absorbed by the same ground in which it comes forth; and the Acts of the Apostles (Acts 8:26-27) report that the eunuch of Queen Candace was baptized here by Philip. (Eusebius, Onomasticon 52:1-4; Jerome 53:2-5) |
Photo: A few steps lead to the unpretentious source of 'Ayn al-Dhirwah. |
