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Ethiopian Eunuch Converted and baptized by Philip the Evangelist on the road from Jerusalem (Acts 8:27–39). He had just returned from worshiping in Jerusalem and was reading from Isaiah (Acts 8:27; compare Isa 53:7–8). This suggests that he was a proselyte to Judaism. However, if he was in fact castrated, he would have been unfit to enter the temple according to the law (Deut 23:1). Luke may have included this episode in Acts to show that the kingdom of God was open to those who were formerly shut out, such as foreigners and eunuchs (see Isa 56:3–5).
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