Acts 8:26–40 · BSB
8:26
Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go south to the desert road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.”
8:27
So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official in charge of the entire treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. He had gone to Jerusalem to worship,
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8:28
and on his return was sitting in his chariot reading Isaiah the prophet.
8:29
The Spirit said to Philip, “Go over to that chariot and stay by it.”
8:30
So Philip ran up and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.
8:31
“How can I,” he said, “unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
8:32
The eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before the shearer is silent, so He did not open His mouth.
8:33
In His humiliation He was deprived of justice. Who can recount His descendants? For His life was removed from the earth.”
8:34
“Tell me,” said the eunuch, “who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?”
8:35
Then Philip began with this very Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus.
8:36
As they traveled along the road and came to some water, the eunuch said, “Look, here is water! What is there to prevent me from being baptized?”
8:37
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8:38
And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.
8:39
When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord carried Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, but went on his way rejoicing.
8:40
But Philip appeared at Azotus and traveled through that region, preaching the gospel in all the towns until he came to Caesarea.
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