Acts 8:26-30

Contemporary English Version

Philip and an Ethiopian Official

²⁶ The Lord's angel said to Philip, “Go south^[a] along the desert road that leads from Jerusalem to Gaza.”^{[b] 27} So Philip left.

An important Ethiopian official happened to be going along that road in his chariot. He was the chief treasurer for Candace, the Queen of Ethiopia. The official had gone to Jerusalem to worship ²⁸ and was now on his way home. He was sitting in his chariot, reading the book of the prophet Isaiah.

²⁹ The Spirit told Philip to catch up with the chariot. ³⁰ Philip ran up close and heard the man reading aloud from the book of Isaiah. Philip asked him, “Do you understand what you are reading?”