|
The Ethiopian is Baptized 
by
Philip a
Preacher
Acts
8:27-38
27So 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,
28was returning. And sitting in his chariot, he was
reading Isaiah the prophet. 29Then the Spirit said
to Philip, Go near and overtake this chariot.
30So Philip ran to him, and heard him reading the
prophet Isaiah, and said, Do you understand what you are
reading? 31And he said, How can I, unless someone
guides me? And he asked Philip to come up and sit with him.
32The 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. 33 In His
humiliation His justice was taken away, And who will declare
His generation? For His life is taken from the
earth.
34So the eunuch answered Philip and said,
I ask you, of whom does the prophet say this, of himself or
of some other man? 35Then Philip opened his mouth,
and beginning at this Scripture, preached Jesus to him.
|
36Now 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? 37Then 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. 38So he commanded the chariot to
stand still. And both Philip and the eunuch went down into the
water, and he baptized
him.
|
