Seize The Opportunity

26 But (A) an angel of the LORD spoke to (B) Philip saying, "Get up and go south to the road that descends from Jerusalem to (C) Gaza." (This is a desert road.)

27 So he got up and went; and (D) there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure; and he (E) had come to Jerusalem to worship, 28 and he was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.

29 Then (F) the Spirit said to Philip, "Go up and join this chariot."

30 Philip ran up and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, "Do you understand what you are reading?"

31 And he said, "Well, how could I, unless someone guides me?" And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

32 Now the passage of Scripture which he was reading was this: "(G) He was led as a sheep to slaughter; and as a lamb before its shearer is silent, so He does not open His mouth.

33 "(H) in humiliation His judgment was taken away; who will related His generation? For His leife is removed from Earth."

34 The eunuch answered Philip and said, "Please tell me, of Whom does the prophet say this? Of himself or of Someone else?"

35 Then Philip (I) opened his mouth, and (J) beginning from this Scripture he (K) preached Jesus to him.

36 As they went along the road they came to some water; and the eunuch said, "Look! Water! (L) What prevents me from being baptized?"

37 [a] And Philip said, "If you believe with all your heart, you may." And he answered and said, "I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God."

38 And he ordered the chariot to stop; and they both went down into the water, Philip as well as the eunuch, and he baptized him.

-Acts 8:26-38