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But an 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 road .
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And he rose and went .
And behold ,
an Ethiopian ,
a eunuch ,
a minister of the Can '
dace ,
queen of the Ethiopians ,
in charge of all her treasure ,
had come to Jerusalem to worship
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and was returning ;
seated in his chariot ,
he was reading the prophet Isaiah .
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And the Spirit said to Philip , "
Go up 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 , "
How can I ,
unless some one guides me ?"
And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him .
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Now the passage of the scripture which he was reading was this : "
As a sheep led to the slaughter or a lamb before its shearer is dumb ,
so he opens not his mouth .
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In his humiliation justice was denied him .
Who can describe his generation ?
For his life is taken up from the earth ."
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And the eunuch said to Philip , "
About whom ,
pray ,
does the prophet say this ,
about himself or about some one else ?"
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Then Philip opened his mouth ,
and beginning with this scripture he told him the good news of Jesus .
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And as they went along the road they came to some water ,
and the eunuch said , "
See ,
here is water !
What is to prevent my 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 ,
the Spirit of the Lord caught up Philip ;
and the eunuch saw him no more ,
and went on his way rejoicing .
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But Philip was found at Azo '
tus ,
and passing on he preached the gospel to all the towns till he came to Caesare '
a .