The Ethiopian Eunuch
By Ethan Longhenry, published May 28, 2007
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And he arose and went: and behold, 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; and he was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.
And the Spirit said unto Philip, "Go near, and join thyself to this chariot."
And Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, "Understandest thou what thou readest?"
And he said, How can I, except some one shall guide me? And he besought Philip to come up and sit with him. Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this,
He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; And as a lamb before his shearer is dumb, So he openeth not his mouth: In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: His generation who shall declare? For his life is taken from the earth. And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, "I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other?"
And Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture, preached unto him Jesus. And as they went on the way, they came unto a certain water; and the eunuch saith,
"Behold, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?"
And Philip said, "If thou believest with all thy heart, thou mayest."
And he answered and said, "I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God."
And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him. And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip; and the eunuch saw him no more, for he went on his way rejoicing. But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached the gospel to all the cities, till he came to Caesarea, (Acts 8:26-40).
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Takeaways
- The religion of the eunuch
- The eunuch's conversion
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