Eric Sammons – Deep in Scripture 04/25/2012 – Philip and the Eunuch

Acts 8:26-40

[26]But an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Rise and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This is a desert road.

[27] And he rose and went. And behold, an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a minister of the Can’dace, queen of the Ethiopians, in charge of all her treasure, had come to Jerusalem to worship

[28] and was returning; seated in his chariot, he was reading the prophet Isaiah.

[29] And the Spirit said to Philip, “Go up and join this chariot.”

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

[31] And he said, “How can I, unless some one guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

[32] Now the passage of the scripture which he was reading was this: “As a sheep led to the slaughter

or a lamb before its shearer is dumb,

so he opens not his mouth.

[33] In his humiliation justice was denied him.

Who can describe his generation?

For his life is taken up from the earth.”

[34] And the eunuch said to Philip, “About whom, pray, does the prophet say this, about himself or about some one else?”

[35] Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning with this scripture he told him the good news of Jesus.

[36] And as they went along the road they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “See, here is water! What is to prevent my being baptized?”

[38] And he commanded the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him.

[39] And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught up Philip; and the eunuch saw him no more, and went on his way rejoicing.

[40] But Philip was found at Azo’tus, and passing on he preached the gospel to all the towns till he came to Caesare’a.

 

Philippians 2:5-11

[5] Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,

[6] who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,

[7] but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.

[8] And being found in human form he humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even death on a cross.

[9] Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name which is above every name,

[10] that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

[11] and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

 

Gospel of Matthew