Acts 8:27-40 And he went and there was a man of Ethiopia, a servant of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, and controller of all her property, who had come up to Jerusalem for worship;

BBE⁽ⁱ⁾ ²⁷ And he went and there was a man of Ethiopia, a servant of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, and controller of all her property, who had come up to Jerusalem for worship; ²⁸ He was going back, seated in his carriage, and was reading the book of the prophet Isaiah. ²⁹ And the Spirit said to Philip, Go near, and get on his carriage. ³⁰ And Philip, running up to him, saw that he was reading Isaiah the prophet, and said to him, Is the sense of what you are reading clear to you? ³¹ And he said, How is that possible when I have no guide? And he made Philip get up by his side. ³² Now the place in the book where he was reading was this: He was taken, like a sheep, to be put to death; and as a lamb is quiet when its wool is being cut, so he made no sound: ³³ Being of low degree, his cause was not given a hearing: who has knowledge of his family? for his life is cut off from the earth. ³⁴ And the Ethiopian said to Philip, About whom are these words said by the prophet? about himself, or some other? ³⁵ So Philip, starting from this writing, gave him the good news about Jesus. ³⁶ And while they were going on their way, they came to some water, and the Ethiopian said, See, here is water; why may I not have baptism? ³⁷ (OMITTED TEXT) ³⁸ And he gave orders for the carriage to be stopped, and the two of them went down into the water, and Philip gave him baptism. ³⁹ And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord took Philip away; and the Ethiopian saw him no more, for he went on his way full of joy. ⁴⁰ But Philip came to Azotus, and went through all the towns, preaching the good news, till he came to Caesarea.