Acts:8:26-40

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* Now an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip , saying , "Get up and go toward the south on the road which goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza ."This is desolate . * So he got up and went ; and behold , a man of Ethiopia , a eunuch , a court official of Candace the queen of the Ethiopians , who was over all her treasury , and had come to Jerusalem worshipping , * and he was returning . And sitting upon his chariot , he was reading the prophet Isaiah . * Then the Spirit said to Philip , "Go near , and join yourself to this chariot ." * And Phillip , running up to it , heard him reading the prophet Isaiah , and said , "Do you understand what you are reading ?" * And he said , "How can I , unless someone helps me ?"And he urged Philip to come up and sit with him . * Now the portion of the Scripture which he was reading was this : "He was led as a sheep to the slaughter ; and as a lamb before its shearer is silent , thus He opened not His mouth . * In His humiliation His justice was taken away , and who will recount His generation ? For His life is taken away from the earth ." * So the eunuch answered Philip and said , "Please tell me , of whom does the prophet say this ; of himself , or of someone else ?" * And Philip , opening his mouth , and beginning from this Scripture , preached the good news [about ] Jesus to him . * Now as they were going down the road , they came upon some water . And the eunuch said , "Behold , [here is ] water : what prevents me from being baptized ?" * - - - * And he ordered the chariot to stop , and they both went down into the water , both Phillip and the eunuch , and he baptized him . * Now when they came up out of the water , the Spirit of the Lord caught up Philip , and the eunuch did not see him any longer ; and he went on his way rejoicing . * But Philip was found at Azotus . And as he passed through , he preached the gospel to all the cities until he came to Caesarea .

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