Acts 8:27-39 ▼

27 And having arisen, he went on, and behold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch, a man of rank, of Candace the queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to Jerusalem to worship;

28 he was also returning, and is sitting on his chariot, and he was reading the prophet Isaiah.

29 And the Spirit said to Philip, “Go near, and be joined to this chariot”;

30 and Philip having run near, heard him reading the prophet Isaiah and said, “Do you then know what you read?”

31 And he said, “Why, how am I able, if someone may not guide me?” He called Philip also, having come up, to sit with him.

32 And the passage of the Writing that he was reading was this: “He was led as a sheep to slaughter, || And as a lamb before his shearer is silent, || So He does not open His mouth;

33 In His humiliation His judgment was taken away, || And His generation—who will declare? Because His life is taken from the earth.”

34 And the eunuch answering Philip said, “I beg you, about whom does the prophet say this? About himself, or about some other one?”

35 And Philip having opened his mouth, and having begun from this Writing, proclaimed good news to him—Jesus.

36 And as they were going on the way, they came on some water, and the eunuch said, “Behold, water; what hinders me to be immersed?”

37 [[And Philip said, “If you believe out of all the heart, it is lawful”; and he answering said, “I believe Jesus Christ to be the Son of God”;]]

38 and he commanded the chariot to stand still, and they both went down to the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he immersed him;

39 and when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the LORD snatched up Philip, and the eunuch saw him no more, for he was going on his way rejoicing;