The portion of the Scriptures which he was reading was this:
As a sheep is led to slaughter,
and as lamb before the one shearing is silent,
likewise he does not open his mouth.
In humiliation his justice was taken away,
Who will tell of his generation?
Because his life is taken away from the earth. 1
The eunuch answered Philip and said,
‘I ask you, about whom is the prophet saying this?’
About himself, or about some else?’
Philip opened his mouth and
beginning from this scripture
he told him the good news of Jesus.
As they were going along the road,
they came upon some water,
and the eunuch spoke:
‘Look, water,
what prevents me from being baptised?’
And he ordered the chariot to be stopped, and
both went down into the water,
Philip and the eunuch,
and he baptised him.
When he came up out of the water,
the Holy Spirit carried Philip off
and the eunuch did not see him any longer,
for he went on his way, rejoicing.
And Philip was found in Azotus.
And going through,
he preached the gospel in all the towns
until he came to Caesarea.
- Isa 53 7-8a ↩︎
Lord, you have given me so much,
I ask for one more thing –
a grateful heart.
George Herbert