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But an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, "Arise, and go toward the south to the way that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza. This is a desert."
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He arose and went. Behold, there was a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to Jerusalem to worship.
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He was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.
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The Spirit said to Philip, "Go near, and join yourself to this chariot."
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Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, "Do you understand you what you are reading?"
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He said, "How can I, unless someone explains it to me?" He begged Philip to come up and sit with him.
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Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this, "He was led as a sheep to the slaughter. As a lamb before his shearer is silent, So he doesn`t open his mouth.
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In his humiliation, his judgment was taken away. Who will declare His generations? For his life is taken from the earth."
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The eunuch answered Philip, "Please tell who the prophet is talking about: about himself, or about some other?"
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Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture, preached to him Jesus.
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As they went on the way, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, "Behold, here is water. What is keeping me from being baptized?"
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He commanded the chariot to stand still, and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him.
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When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught Philip away, and the eunuch didn`t see him any more, for he went on his way rejoicing.
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But Philip was found at Azotus. Passing through, he preached the gospel to all the cities, until he came to Caesarea.