Acts 8:26-40
New King James Version (NKJV)

Christ Is Preached to an Ethiopian
26 Now an
angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, “Arise and go toward the south along the road which
goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This is desert. 27 So he
arose and went. And behold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace the
queen of the Ethiopians, who had charge of all her treasury, and had come to Jerusalem to
worship,28 was returning. And sitting in his chariot, he was
reading Isaiah the prophet. 29 Then the Spirit said to Philip,
“Go near and overtake this chariot.”

30 So Philip ran to him, and heard him reading the
prophet Isaiah, and said, “Do you understand what you are reading?”

31 And he said, “How can I, unless someone guides
me?” And he asked Philip to come up and sit with him. 32 The
place in the Scripture which he read was this:

“He was led as a sheep to the
slaughter;
And as a lamb before its
shearer is silent,
So He opened not His mouth.
33 In His humiliation
His justice was taken away,
And who will declare His
generation?
For His life is taken from the
earth.”

34 So the eunuch answered Philip and said, “I ask
you, of whom does the prophet say this, of himself or of some other man?” 35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning at
this Scripture, preached Jesus to him. 36 Now
as they went down the road, they came to some water. And the eunuch said, “See, here
is water. What hinders me from being baptized?”
37 Then 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 So he commanded the chariot to stand still. And
both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and he baptized him. 39 Now when they came up out of the water, the Spirit
of the Lord caught Philip away, so that the eunuch saw him no more; and he went on his way
rejoicing. 40 But Philip was found at Azotus. And passing
through, he preached in all the cities till he came to Caesarea.