Passage Viewer

Philip and the Eunuch

An angel of the Lord spoke to Philip: “Go south, toward the road that runs down from Jerusalem to Gaza, the desert road.”

So he got up and set out.

Now, an Ethiopian happened to be passing through that area. He was an official responsible for the Queen of the Ethiopians’ treasury. He had traveled to Jerusalem on a pilgrimage

and was now heading home. He was sitting in his chariot, reading the prophet Isaiah.

The Spirit said to Philip:

“Go and join up with that chariot.”

Philip ran up and heard the man reading the prophet Isaiah; then he asked:

“Do you really understand what you are reading?”

The Ethiopian responded:

“How can I, unless someone explains it to me?”

He then invited Philip to get in and sit beside him.

This was the passage of Scripture he was reading:

He was led like a sheep to be slaughtered;

like a lamb that is dumb before the shearer,

he did not open his mouth.

He was humbled

and deprived of his rights.

Who can speak of his descendants?

For he was uprooted from the earth.

The official asked Philip:

“Tell me, please, does the prophet speak of himself or of someone else?”

Then Philip began to share the Good News of Jesus using this text of Scripture as his starting point.

As they traveled down the road, they reached a spot with some water. Then the Ethiopian official said:

“Look, here is water; what is there to prevent me from being baptized?” [[

And Philip said:

‘If you believe with all your heart, you may.’

And he said in reply:

‘I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.’

Then he ordered the chariot to stop. Both Philip and the Ethiopian went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.

When they came out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord took Philip away. The Ethiopian saw him no more, but he continued on his way full of joy.

Philip found himself in Azotus, and he traveled through all the towns to share the Good News until he reached Caesarea.