29. The Spirit told Philip, "Approach this carriage and stay with it."
30. Running up to the carriage, Philip heard the man reading the prophet Isaiah. He asked, "Do you really understand what you are reading?"
31. The man replied, "Without someone to guide me, how could I?" Then he invited Philip to climb up and sit with him.
32. This was the passage of scripture he was reading: Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter and like a lamb before its shearer is silent so he didn’t open his mouth.
33. In his humiliation justice was taken away from him. Who can tell the story of his descendants because his life was taken from the earth?
34. The eunuch asked Philip, "Tell me, about whom does the prophet say this? Is he talking about himself or someone else?"
35. Starting with that passage, Philip proclaimed the good news about Jesus to him.
36. As they went down the road, they came to some water. The eunuch said, "Look! Water! What would keep me from being baptized?"
38. He ordered that the carriage halt. Both Philip and the eunuch went down to the water, where Philip baptized him.
39. When they came up out of the water, the Lord’s Spirit suddenly took Philip away. The eunuch never saw him again but went on his way rejoicing.
40. Philip found himself in Azotus. He traveled through that area, preaching the good news in all the cities until he reached Caesarea.