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But an angel of the Lord spoke to Pilipos, saying, "Arise, and go toward the south to the way that goes down from Yerushalayim to `Aza. This is a desert."
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He arose and went. Behold, there was a man of Kush, a eunuch of great authority under Candace, queen of the Kushim, who was over all her treasure, who had come to Yerushalayim to worship.
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He was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Yesha`yahu.
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The Spirit said to Pilipos, "Go near, and join yourself to this chariot."
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Pilipos ran to him, and heard him reading Yesha`yahu the prophet, and said, "Do you understand what you are reading?"
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He said, "How can I, unless someone explains it to me?" He begged Pilipos to come up and sit with him.
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Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this, "He was led as a sheep to the slaughter. As a lamb before his shearer is silent, So he doesn't open his mouth.
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In his humiliation, his judgment was taken away. Who will declare His generations? For his life is taken from the eretz."
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The eunuch answered Pilipos, "Please tell who the prophet is talking about: about himself, or about some other?"
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Pilipos opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture, preached to him Yeshua.
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As they went on the way, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, "Behold, here is water. What is keeping me from being immersed?"
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He commanded the chariot to stand still, and they both went down into the water, both Pilipos and the eunuch, and he immersed him.
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When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught Pilipos away, and the eunuch didn't see him any more, for he went on his way rejoicing.
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But Pilipos was found at Ashdod. Passing through, he preached the Good News to all the cities, until he came to Caesarea.