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I love this part in the Bible about Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch. God evidently knew that the eunuch in a queen’s chariot on a desert road from Jerusalem to Gaza, was having trouble understanding a passage in Isaiah. God wanted Philip to go to the eunuch, and he did. Philip shared Jesus with him, and a baptism followed. Acts 8:36-38 reads,“36 And as they were going along the road they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “See, here is water! What prevents me from being baptized?”[b] 38 And he commanded the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him.”
If you’re wondering what the water source was by that desert road, Wikipedia says, “One of the traditional sites of the baptism is the Ein Hanya Spring.[6] Others place the traditional site of baptism at the Dhirweh fountain, near Halhul.[2]”
What happened next most likely stunned the Ethiopian (and Philip). Acts 8:39-40 says, “39 And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord carried Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, and went on his way rejoicing. 40 But Philip found himself at Azotus, and as he passed through he preached the gospel to all the towns until he came to Caesarea.”
According to TheBibleSays.com, it’s roughly 30 miles between Gaza and Azotus. God teleported Philip quite a distance!
Even though we know where Philip ended up after the baptism, it might be that while on earth, the Ethiopian eunuch never found out where Philip went. However, in Heaven, the eunuch could see Philip, and hear details of the account we don’t know.
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