Acts:8:26-40

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* And a messenger of the Lord spoke to Philip , saying , Arise , and go toward the south , by the way that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza , which is desert . * And he arose , and took his journey ; and , behold , a certain Ethiopian officer , a grandee of Candace , the queen of the Ethiopians , that was over all her treasure , who had come to worship at Jerusalem , * was returning , and sat in his chariot , reading the Prophet Isaiah . * And the Spirit said to Philip , Approach , and join yourself to this chariot . * And Philip , running up , heard him read in the Prophet Isaiah , and said , Do you understand what you are reading ? * And he said , How can I , unless some one should guide me ? And he requested Philip that he would come up and sit with him . * «Now the passage of scripture which he was reading , was this ,» 'He was brought to the slaughter , as a sheep ; and as a lamb before its shearer , is dumb ; so he opened not his mouth .' * «In his humiliation his condemnation was extorted ; and who shall describe his generation ? for his life is cut off from the earth .» * The officer answering Philip , said , I beseech you , of whom does the prophet say this ? -of himself , or of some other person ? * Then Philip opened his mouth , and beginning from the scripture , told him the glad tidings concerning Jesus . * And as they went along the way , they came to a certain water , and the officer said , Behold , water ; what hinders my being immersed ? lont @Acts:8:37 " /> * And he ordered the chariot to stop , and they both went down into the water , both Philip and the officer ; and he immersed him . * And when they were come up out of the water , the Spirit of the Lord suddenly conveyed away Philip , and the officer saw him no more : so he went on his way rejoicing . * But Philip was found at Azotus ; and going on thence , he proclaimed the glad tidings in all the cities , till he came to Caesarea .

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