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Now an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, "Arise and go toward the south along the road which goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza." This is desert. |
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So he arose and went. And behold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace the queen of the Ethiopians, who had charge of all her treasury, and had come to Jerusalem to worship, |
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was returning. And sitting in his chariot, he was reading Isaiah the prophet. |
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Then the Spirit said to Philip, "Go near and overtake this chariot." |
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So Philip ran to him, and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said, "Do you understand what you are reading?" |
| 31 |
And he said, "How can I, unless someone guides me?" And he asked Philip to come up and sit with him. |
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The place in the Scripture which he read was this: He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; And as a lamb before its shearer is silent, So He opened not His mouth. |
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In His humiliation His justice was taken away, And who will declare His generation? For His life is taken from the earth." |
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So the eunuch answered Philip and said, "I ask you, of whom does the prophet say this, of himself or of some other man?" |
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Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning at this Scripture, preached Jesus to him. |
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Now as they went down the road, they came to some water. And the eunuch said, "See, here is water. What hinders me from being baptized?" |
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Then 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." |
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So he commanded the chariot to stand still. And both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and he baptized him. |
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Now when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught Philip away, so that the eunuch saw him no more; and he went on his way rejoicing. |
