We continue the story of Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch. Yesterday we saw an angel send Philip to a wilderness road between Gaza and Jerusalem. Then the Holy Spirit told Philip to go up to a chariot he saw there, with the eunuch inside. What happens next humbles me and, tradition says, gave birth to the Ethiopian Church, which is still active today.
God bless,
Sam
Acts 8:32-40
32Now the passage of the scripture that he was
reading was this: “Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter, and like a lamb
silent before its shearer, so he does not open his mouth. 33In his
humiliation justice was denied him. Who can describe his generation? For his
life is taken away from the earth.”
34The eunuch asked Philip, “About whom, may I ask
you, does the prophet say this, about himself or about someone else?” 35Then
Philip began to speak, and starting with this scripture, he proclaimed to him
the good news about Jesus. 36As they were going along the road, they
came to some water; and the eunuch said, “Look, here is water! What is to
prevent me from being baptized?” 38He commanded the chariot to stop,
and both of them, Philip and the eunuch, went down into the water, and Philip
baptized him.
39When they came up out of the water, the Spirit
of the Lord snatched Philip away; the eunuch saw him no more, and went on his
way rejoicing. 40But Philip found himself at Azotus, and as he was
passing through the region, he proclaimed the good news to all the towns until
he came to Caesarea.
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