Philip, the Evangelist

(:26–40)

Philip was one of the seven chosen by the apostles to help with the care of the people of the early church.1 One time, while Philip was in telling the people about , he was visited by an who told him to go to the road between Jerusalem and Gaza. On the road, Philip observed a man sitting and reading in a . The man was the treasurer of Candace, the queen of , and was returning home after having been in Jerusalem to worship. As Philip approached the chariot, he realized the man was reading chapter 53 of the book of the prophet Isaiah, a prophetic chapter about Jesus. Phillip asked the man, “Do you understand what you are reading?” “No, I don’t,” the man answered. “Can you explain the text to me?” So Philip took a seat next to him and told him about Jesus and the great gift God had given to all. Then the Ethiopian man asked to be baptized. After performing the , Philip was suddenly taken away by the Spirit of the Lord, and the man from Ethiopia “went on his way rejoicing.”

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(Acts 8:26–40)

Philip was one of the chosen by the apostles to help with the care of the people of the early church.1 One time, while Philip was in Samaria telling the people about Jesus, he was visited by an angel who told him to go to the road between Jerusalem and Gaza. On the road, Philip observed a man sitting and reading in a chariot. The man was the treasurer of Candace, the queen of Ethiopia, and was returning home after having been in Jerusalem to worship. As Philip approached the chariot, he realized the man was reading chapter 53 of the book of the prophet Isaiah, a prophetic chapter about Jesus. Phillip asked the man, “Do you understand what you are reading?” “No, I don’t,” the man answered. “Can you explain the text to me?” So Philip took a seat next to him and told him about Jesus and the great gift God had given to all. Then the Ethiopian man asked to be baptized. After performing the baptism, Philip was suddenly taken away by the Spirit of the Lord, and the man from Ethiopia “went on his way rejoicing.”

1 Acts 6:1–7

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