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27 Filip sa hneď vydal na cestu. Onedlho zazrel sprievod etiópskeho hodnostára, správcu pokladu etiópskej kráľovnej Kandaky. Bol v Jeruzaleme vzývať Boha

28 a teraz sa vracal a v koči si čítal zvitok proroka Izaiáša.

29 Boží Duch vnukol Filipovi: Dobehni ten koč!"

30 Filip k nemu pribehol, a tu počuje, že si černoch nahlas číta Izaiášovo proroctvo. Spýtal sa ho: Rozumieš tomu, čo čítaš?"

31 Etiópčan odpovedal: Nerozumiem. Potreboval by som, aby mi to niekto vysvetlil. Prisadni si ku mne a vylož mi to."

32 Práve dočítal slová: Ako ovca, keď ju vedú zarezať, ako baranček, keď ho strihajú, ani on neotvoril ústa.

33 Ponížil sa, preto bol súd nad ním zrušený. A jeho potomkov kto zráta? Lebo na zemi sa jeho život skončí."

34 Dvoran sa spýtal Filipa: Prosím ťa, to hovoril prorok o sebe, alebo o niekom inom?"

35 A tak Filip nadviazal na tieto prorocké slová a ukázal, ako sa splnili na Ježišovi.

36 Cestou došli k akejsi vode. Dvoran zvolal: Pozri, voda! Mohol by som byť aj ja pokrstený?"

37 Filip mu odpovedal: Ak si uveril celým srdcom, prečo nie?" Dvoran vyznal: Verím, že Ježiš Kristus je Boží Syn."

38 Dal zastaviť koč, vstúpil s Filipom do vody a Filip ho pokrstil.

39 Keď sa vrátili na breh, Pánov Duch spôsobil, že sa Filip stratil dvoranovi spred očí. Musel teda pokračovať v ceste sám, ale v srdci prežíval veľkú radosť.

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27 So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian[a](A) eunuch,(B) an important official in charge of all the treasury of the Kandake (which means “queen of the Ethiopians”). This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship,(C) 28 and on his way home was sitting in his chariot reading the Book of Isaiah the prophet. 29 The Spirit told(D) Philip, “Go to that chariot and stay near it.”

30 Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.

31 “How can I,” he said, “unless someone explains it to me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

32 This is the passage of Scripture the eunuch was reading:

“He was led like a sheep to the slaughter,
    and as a lamb before its shearer is silent,
    so he did not open his mouth.
33 In his humiliation he was deprived of justice.
    Who can speak of his descendants?
    For his life was taken from the earth.”[b](E)

34 The eunuch asked Philip, “Tell me, please, who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?” 35 Then Philip began(F) with that very passage of Scripture(G) and told him the good news(H) about Jesus.

36 As they traveled along the road, they came to some water and the eunuch said, “Look, here is water. What can stand in the way of my being baptized?”(I) [37] [c] 38 And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water and Philip baptized him. 39 When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away,(J) and the eunuch did not see him again, but went on his way rejoicing.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 8:27 That is, from the southern Nile region
  2. Acts 8:33 Isaiah 53:7,8 (see Septuagint)
  3. Acts 8:37 Some manuscripts include here Philip said, “If you believe with all your heart, you may.” The eunuch answered, “I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.”