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And he arose and went :
and ,
behold ,
a man of Ethiopia ,
an eunuch (
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A man of great wealth and authority with Candace .
Now this word «
Candace »
is a common name of all the Queens of Ethiopia .(:
note )
of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians ,
who had the charge of all her treasure ,
and had come to Jerusalem for to worship ,
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And as he returned sitting in his charet ,
he read Esaias the Prophet .
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Then the Spirit said vnto Philip ,
Goe neere and ioyne thy selfe to yonder charet .
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And Philip ranne thither ,
and heard him reade the Prophet Esaias ,
and said ,
But vnderstandest thou what thou readest ?
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And he said ,
How can I ,
except some man should (
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To show me the way to understand it .(:
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guide me ?
And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him .
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In his (
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The Hebrew text reads it in this way , «
out of a narrow strait ,
and out of judgment was he taken »:
and by the «
narrow strait »
he means the grave and the very bonds of death ,
and by «
judgment »
he means the punishment which was laid upon him ,
and the miserable state which Christ took upon himself for our sakes ,
in bearing his Father '
s wrath .(:
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humiliation his judgment was taken away :
and who shall declare his How long he will endure :
for Christ ,
having once risen from the dead ,
dies no more ; (
Rom_6
:9 ).
generation ?
for his life is taken from the earth .
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Then the Eunuche answered Philippe ,
and saide ,
I pray thee of whome speaketh the Prophet this ?
of himselfe ,
or of some other man ?
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Then Philip opened his mouth ,
and began at the same Scripture , &
amp ;
preached vnto him Iesus .
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And as they went on their way ,
they came vnto a certaine water ,
and the Eunuche said ,
See ,
here is water :
what doeth let me to be baptized ?
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Then he commaunded the charet to stand stil : &
amp ;
they went downe both into the water ,
both Philip and the Eunuche ,
and he baptized him .
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And assoone as they were come vp out of the water ,
the Spirit of the Lorde caught away Philip ,
that the Eunuche sawe him no more :
so he went on his way reioycing .
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But Philippe was found at Azotus ,
and he walked to and fro preaching in all the cities ,
till he came to Cesarea .