Philip Approaches the Chariot

Good News on the Road · Acts 8

Story guide: Philip goes to the road and, directed by the Spirit, runs up to the official’s chariot. The official invites him to sit beside him. The vehicle and unlettered scroll are illustrative.

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27So he got up and went. And behold, an Ethiopian man, a eunuch, a high official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasury, had come to Jerusalem to worship,

28And he was returning, seated in his chariot, and was reading Isaiah the prophet.

29Then the Spirit said to Philip, “Go over and join this chariot.”

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

31And he said, “How could I, unless someone guides me?” Then he urged Philip to come up and sit with him.

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