Acts:8:26-40

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ylt @Acts:8:26 @And a messenger of the Lord spake unto Philip , saying , 'Arise , and go on toward the south , on the way that is going down from Jerusalem to Gaza ,' -- this is desert . ylt @Acts:8:27 @And having arisen , he went on , and lo , a man of Ethiopia , a eunuch , a man of rank , of Candace the queen of the Ethiopians , who was over all her treasure , who had come to worship to Jerusalem ; ylt @Acts:8:28 @he was also returning , and is sitting on his chariot , and he was reading the prophet Isaiah . ylt @Acts:8:29 @And the Spirit said to Philip , 'Go near , and be joined to this chariot ;' ylt @Acts:8:30 @and Philip having run near , heard him reading the prophet Isaiah , and said , 'Dost thou then know what thou dost read ?' ylt @Acts:8:31 @and he said , 'Why , how am I able , if some one may not guide me ?' he called Philip also , having come up , to sit with him . ylt @Acts:8:32 @And the contents of the Writing that he was reading was this : 'As a sheep unto slaughter he was led , and as a lamb before his shearer dumb , so he doth not open his mouth ; ylt @Acts:8:33 @in his humiliation his judgment was taken away , and his generation -- who shall declare ? because taken from the earth is his life .' ylt @Acts:8:34 @And the eunuch answering Philip said , 'I pray thee , about whom doth the prophet say this ? about himself , or about some other one ?' ylt @Acts:8:35 @and Philip having opened his mouth , and having begun from this Writing , proclaimed good news to him -- Jesus . ylt @Acts:8:36 @And as they were going on the way , they came upon a certain water , and the eunuch said , 'Lo , water ; what doth hinder me to be baptized ?' ylt @Acts:8:37 @[And Philip said , 'If thou dost believe out of all the heart , it is lawful ;' and he answering said , 'I believe Jesus Christ to be the Son of God ;'] ylt @Acts:8:38 @and he commanded the chariot to stand still , and they both went down to the water , both Philip and the eunuch , and he baptized him ; ylt @Acts:8:39 @and when they came up out of the water , the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip , and the eunuch saw him no more , for he was going on his way rejoicing ; ylt @Acts:8:40 @and Philip was found at Azotus , and passing through , he was proclaiming good news to all the cities , till his coming to Cesarea .

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