Philip encounters an Ethiopian eunuch who is reading Isaiah on his journey. Philip joins him and explains that the passage refers to Jesus. When they come upon water, the eunuch asks to be baptized. Philip baptizes him and then the Spirit transports Philip to another city, while the eunuch continues on rejoicing in his new faith.

1. The Acts of the Apostles
Acts 8:26-40

2. • 26 But an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip saying,
"Get up and go south to the road that descends
from Jerusalem to Gaza." (This is a desert road.)

3. • 26 But an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip saying,
"Get up and go south to the road that descends
from Jerusalem to Gaza." (This is a desert road.)
• “probably the road which ran by way of Beth-
govrin, Ptolemy’s Betogabris (refounded later as
Eleutheropolis by Septimius Severus)”.

5. • 27 So he got up and went; and there was an
Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of Candace,
queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all
her treasure; and he had come to Jerusalem to
worship, 28 and he was returning and sitting in
his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.

7. • Jeremiah 29:13-14a 'You will seek Me and find Me
when you search for Me with all your heart. 14 'I
will be found by you,' declares the LORD,

8. • Jeremiah 29:13-14a 'You will seek Me and find Me
when you search for Me with all your heart. 14 'I
will be found by you,' declares the LORD,
• 1 Samuel 16:7 But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do
not look at his appearance or at the height of his
stature, because I have rejected him; for God sees
not as man sees, for man looks at the outward
appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart."

9. • Isaiah 56:3-5 Let not the foreigner who has joined
himself to the LORD say, "The LORD will surely
separate me from His people." Nor let the eunuch
say, "Behold, I am a dry tree." 4 For thus says the
LORD, "To the eunuchs who keep My sabbaths,
And choose what pleases Me, And hold fast My
covenant, 5 To them I will give in My house and
within My walls a memorial, And a name better
than that of sons and daughters; I will give them
an everlasting name which will not be cut off.

10. • 29 Then the Spirit said to Philip, "Go up and join
this chariot." 30 Philip ran up and heard him
reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, "Do you
understand what you are reading?" 31 And he
said, "Well, how could I, unless someone guides
me?" And he invited Philip to come up and sit with
him.

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16. • Bad, bade, bed, bead, bid, bide, bode, bud, abide
or abode

17. • “That the official invited Philip to explain the
Scriptures to him speaks of the eunuch’s seeking,
humble, and teachable spirit.” John MacArthur

18. • 32 Now the passage of Scripture which he was
reading was this: "HE WAS LED AS A SHEEP TO
SLAUGHTER; AND AS A LAMB BEFORE ITS SHEARER
IS SILENT, SO HE DOES NOT OPEN HIS MOUTH. 33
"IN HUMILIATION HIS JUDGMENT WAS TAKEN
AWAY; WHO WILL RELATE HIS GENERATION? FOR
HIS LIFE IS REMOVED FROM THE EARTH."

19. • 1 Peter 1:10-11 As to this salvation, the prophets
who prophesied of the grace that would come to
you made careful searches and inquiries, 11
seeking to know what person or time the Spirit of
Christ within them was indicating as He predicted
the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow.

20. • 34 The eunuch answered Philip and said, "Please
tell me, of whom does the prophet say this? Of
himself or of someone else?" 35 Then Philip
opened his mouth, and beginning from this
Scripture he preached Jesus to him.

21. • “His confusion was understandable, since
contemporary Jewish thought was divided on the
interpretation of this passage. Some held that the
slaughtered sheep represented the nation, others
that Isaiah spoke of himself, still others that he
referred to the Messiah. There was no doubt in
Philip’s mind, however, of whom Isaiah wrote.”
John MacArthur

22. • 1 Peter 3:15 always being ready to make a defense
to everyone who asks you to give an account for
the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and
reverence;

23. • “allow the Holy Spirit to guide us in what to say
and how to say it. When a person is open and
ready, He will select from all we’ve learned in
Scripture, verses memorized, and our personal
experiences that which will aid the basic truth.
Luke tells us that Philip opened his mouth. Why
does he tell us that? The phrase implies that the
Spirit guided his capacity of thought and
articulation to help the Ethiopian. When we
breathe the silent prayer, “Oh, Lord, use me; help
me to say just the right thing at the right time and
in the right way,” He will. Lloyd Ogilvie

24. • He showed the eunuch that the Lamb of which the
passage spoke was none other than the Messiah,
who would be the ultimate and final sacrifice for
sin. He then presented evidence that Jesus was
that Messiah.” John MacArthur

25. • 36 As they went along the road they came to
some water; and the eunuch *said, "Look! Water!
What prevents me from being baptized?" 37 [And
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."] 38 And he
ordered the chariot to stop; and they both went
down into the water, Philip as well as the eunuch,
and he baptized him.

26. • 39 When they came up out of the water, the Spirit
of the Lord snatched Philip away; and the eunuch
no longer saw him, but went on his way rejoicing.

27. • 40 But Philip found himself at Azotus, and as he
passed through he kept preaching the gospel to all
the cities until he came to Caesarea.

29. • Acts 21:8 On the next day we left and came to
Caesarea, and entering the house of Philip the
evangelist, who was one of the seven, we stayed
with him.