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Session 2.17: June 7, 2024
Scripture Reading: Acts 8:26-40
26 Then an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go south on the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” (This is a desert road.) 27 So he got up and went. There he met an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasury. He had come to Jerusalem to worship, 28 and was returning home, sitting in his chariot, reading the prophet Isaiah. 29 Then the Spirit said to Philip, “Go over and join this chariot.” 30 So Philip ran up to it and heard the man reading the prophet Isaiah. He asked him, “Do you understand what you’re reading?” 31 The man replied, “How in the world can I, unless someone guides me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. 32 Now the passage of scripture the man was reading was this:
“He was led like a sheep to slaughter,
and like a lamb before its shearer is silent,
so he did not open his mouth.
33 In humiliation justice was taken from him.
Who can describe his posterity?
For his life was taken away from the earth.”
34 Then the eunuch said to Philip, “Please tell me, who is the prophet saying this about—himself or someone else?” 35 So Philip started speaking, and beginning with this scripture proclaimed the good news about Jesus to him. 36 Now as they were going along the road, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “Look, there is water! What is to stop me from being baptized?” 38 So he ordered the chariot to stop, and both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and Philip baptized him. 39 Now when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him any more, but went on his way rejoicing. 40 Philip, however, found himself at Azotus, and as he passed through the area, he proclaimed the good news to all the towns until he came to Caesarea.
OutlineBut you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the farthest parts of the earth. Acts 1:8Philips reaches beyond Israel and Samaria.
“Ethiopia” was one of the primary locations envisioned when people spoke of the “ends of the earth.”
Eunuchs were excluded from the covenant.
The Ethiopian official or the Roman official?
Why does the scene lack details?
The Nubian Kingdom of Meroë.
The “absurd” command.
Noon or south?
Official or eunuch?
An important official on a religious pilgrimage.
Convert or Gentile?
The reputation of eunuchs.
Emphasizing respectable people.
Connection with the Queen of Sheba.
How they traveled.
The Spirit’s guidance.
Reading aloud. In Hebrew or Greek?
Invited on the chariot.
Interpreting Isaiah. The eunuch’s question and Philip’s response.
What prevents me from being baptized?
Isaiah 56:1-15.
The baptism.
Jewish background.
Literal?
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By Matt Christiansen MediaScripture Reading: Acts 8:26-40
26 Then an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go south on the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” (This is a desert road.) 27 So he got up and went. There he met an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasury. He had come to Jerusalem to worship, 28 and was returning home, sitting in his chariot, reading the prophet Isaiah. 29 Then the Spirit said to Philip, “Go over and join this chariot.” 30 So Philip ran up to it and heard the man reading the prophet Isaiah. He asked him, “Do you understand what you’re reading?” 31 The man replied, “How in the world can I, unless someone guides me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. 32 Now the passage of scripture the man was reading was this:
“He was led like a sheep to slaughter,
and like a lamb before its shearer is silent,
so he did not open his mouth.
33 In humiliation justice was taken from him.
Who can describe his posterity?
For his life was taken away from the earth.”
34 Then the eunuch said to Philip, “Please tell me, who is the prophet saying this about—himself or someone else?” 35 So Philip started speaking, and beginning with this scripture proclaimed the good news about Jesus to him. 36 Now as they were going along the road, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “Look, there is water! What is to stop me from being baptized?” 38 So he ordered the chariot to stop, and both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and Philip baptized him. 39 Now when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him any more, but went on his way rejoicing. 40 Philip, however, found himself at Azotus, and as he passed through the area, he proclaimed the good news to all the towns until he came to Caesarea.
OutlineBut you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the farthest parts of the earth. Acts 1:8Philips reaches beyond Israel and Samaria.
“Ethiopia” was one of the primary locations envisioned when people spoke of the “ends of the earth.”
Eunuchs were excluded from the covenant.
The Ethiopian official or the Roman official?
Why does the scene lack details?
The Nubian Kingdom of Meroë.
The “absurd” command.
Noon or south?
Official or eunuch?
An important official on a religious pilgrimage.
Convert or Gentile?
The reputation of eunuchs.
Emphasizing respectable people.
Connection with the Queen of Sheba.
How they traveled.
The Spirit’s guidance.
Reading aloud. In Hebrew or Greek?
Invited on the chariot.
Interpreting Isaiah. The eunuch’s question and Philip’s response.
What prevents me from being baptized?
Isaiah 56:1-15.
The baptism.
Jewish background.
Literal?