Acts:8:26-40

tcent@Acts:8:26 @ But an angel of the Lord said to Philip, »Get up and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.« This is a desert road.

tcent@Acts:8:27 @ So he got up and went. And there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure; and he had come to Jerusalem to worship,

tcent@Acts:8:28 @ and he was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.

tcent@Acts:8:29 @ And the Spirit said to Philip, »Go up and join this chariot.«

tcent@Acts:8:30 @ So Philip ran up to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and asked, »Do you understand what you are reading?«

tcent@Acts:8:31 @ And he said, »How can I, unless someone guides me?« And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

tcent@Acts:8:32 @ Now the passage of Scripture which he was reading was this:

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tcent@Acts:8:34 @ And the eunuch said to Philip, »Please tell me, of whom does the prophet say this, about himself or about someone else?«

tcent@Acts:8:35 @ Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning with this scripture he told him the good news of Jesus.

tcent@Acts:8:36 @ And as they went along the road they came to some water; and the eunuch said, »Look, here is water! What prevents me from being baptized?«

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tcent@Acts:8:38 @ And he commanded the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him.

tcent@Acts:8:39 @ And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away; and the eunuch saw him no more, but went on his way rejoicing.

tcent@Acts:8:40 @ But Philip found himself at Azotus, and as he passed through he kept preaching the gospel to all the towns until he came to Caesarea.

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