^{26 Ref} And a messenger of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, `Arise, and go on toward the south, on the way that is going down from Jerusalem to Gaza,' -- this is desert.

^{27 Ref} And having arisen, he went on, and lo, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch, a man of rank, of Candace the queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to worship to Jerusalem;

^{28 Ref} he was also returning, and is sitting on his chariot, and he was reading the prophet Isaiah.

^{29 Ref} And the Spirit said to Philip, `Go near, and be joined to this chariot;'

^{30 Ref} and Philip having run near, heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said, `Dost thou then know what thou dost read?'

^{31 Ref} and he said, `Why, how am I able, if some one may not guide me?' he called Philip also, having come up, to sit with him.