Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch
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1an angel of the Lord said to Philip, "Rise and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza." This is a desert place.
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And he rose and went. And there was an
2Ethiopian, a
3eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians,
4who was in charge of all her treasure.
5He had come to Jerusalem to worship
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and was returning, seated in his chariot, and he was reading the prophet Isaiah.
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And the Spirit said to Philip, "Go over and join this chariot."
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So Philip ran to him and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet and asked, "Do you understand what you are reading?"
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And he said,
6"How can I, unless someone
7guides me?" And
8he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
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Now the passage of the Scripture that he was reading was this:
9"Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter and like a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he opens not his mouth.
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In his
10humiliation justice was denied him. Who can describe his generation? For his life is taken away from the earth."
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And the eunuch said to Philip, "About whom, I ask you, does the prophet say this, about himself or about someone else?"
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Then Philip opened his mouth, and
11beginning with this Scripture
12he told him the good news about Jesus.
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And as they were going along the road they came to some water, and the eunuch said, "See, here is water!
13What prevents me from being baptized?"
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And he commanded the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him.
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And when they came up out of the water,
14the Spirit of the Lord
15carried Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, and went on his way rejoicing.
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But Philip found himself at Azotus, and as he passed through he preached the gospel to all the towns until he came to Caesarea.