27And he arose and went. And behold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch, an officer of state of Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem to worship, 28was returning, and sitting in his chariot; and he was reading the prophet Isaiah. 29And the Spirit said to Philip: Go near, and join thyself to this chariot. 30And Philip ran thither, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet. And he said: Understandest thou then what thou art reading? 31And he said: How could I, except some one should guide me? And he entreated Philip to come up, and sit with him.
32And the contents of the Scripture which he was reading was this:
He was led as a sheep to the slaughter;
And as a lamb dumb before his shearer,
So he opens not his mouth.
33In his humiliation his judgment was taken away;
And his generation[33] who shall fully declare?
For his life is taken away from the earth.
34And the eunuch answering said to Philip: I pray thee, of whom does the prophet speak this? Of himself, or of some other man? 35And Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture, made known to him the good news of Jesus. 36And as they went along the way, they came to a certain water. And the eunuch said: See, here is water; what hinders that I should be immersed? 37[37]And Philip said: If thou believest with all thy heart, thou mayest. And answering he said: I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. 38And he commanded that the chariot should stop. And they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he immersed him. 39And 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. 40But Philip was found at Azotus; and passing through, he published the good news to all the cities, till he came to Cæsarea.
IX. But Saul, yet breathing threatening and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest, 2and asked of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.