26 | 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. |
27 | 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 |
28 | and was returning; seated in his chariot, he was reading the prophet Isaiah. |
29 | And the Spirit said to Philip, "Go up and join this chariot." |
30 | So Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and asked, "Do you understand what you are reading?" |
31 | And he said, "How can I, unless some one guides me?" And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. |
32 | 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. |
33 | In his humiliation justice was denied him. Who can describe his generation? For his life is taken up from the earth." |
34 | And the eunuch said to Philip, "About whom, pray, does the prophet say this, about himself or about some one else?" |
35 | Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning with this scripture he told him the good news of Jesus. |
36 | 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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38 | And he commanded the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him. |
39 | 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. |