26But an angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza: the same is desert.
27And he arose and went: and behold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to Jerusalem to worship;
28and he was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.
29And the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.
30And Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
31And he said, How can I, except some one shall guide me? And he besought Philip to come up and sit with him.
32Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; And as a lamb before his shearer is dumb, So he openeth not his mouth:
