Acts 8:26–40

²⁶But ^aan angel of the ¹Lord spoke to ^bPhilip saying, “Rise up and go south to the road that descends from Jerusalem to ^cGaza.” (²This is a desert road.)

²⁷So he rose up and went; and behold, ^athere was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure; and he ^bhad come to Jerusalem to worship,

²⁸and he was returning and sitting in his ¹chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.

²⁹Then ^athe Spirit said to Philip, “Go over and join this ¹chariot.”

³⁰And Philip ran up and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, “Do you understand what you are reading?”

³¹And he said, “Well, how could I, unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

³²Now the passage of Scripture which he was reading was this:

“^aAs a sheep is led to slaughter;

And as a lamb before its shearer is silent,

So He does not open His mouth.

³³“^aIn humiliation His judgment was taken away;

Who will ¹recount His ²generation?

For His life is removed from the earth.”

³⁴And the eunuch answered Philip and said, “I ask you earnestly, of whom does the prophet say this? Of himself or of someone else?”

³⁵Then Philip ^aopened his mouth, and ^bbeginning from this Scripture he ^cproclaimed the good news about Jesus to him.

³⁶And as they went along the road they came to some water; and the eunuch ^*said, “Look! Water! ^aWhat prevents me from being baptized?”

³⁷¹[And Philip said, “If you believe with all your heart, you may.” And he answered and said, “I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.”]

³⁸And he ordered the ¹chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, Philip as well as the eunuch, and he baptized him.

³⁹When they came up out of the water, ^athe Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away, and the eunuch no longer saw him, ¹but went on his way rejoicing.

⁴⁰But Philip ¹found himself at ^2aAzotus, and as he passed through he ^bkept proclaiming the gospel to all the cities until he came to ^cCaesarea.