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30 So Philip ran up to it and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah out loud.

Philip[a] asked, “Do you understand what you’re reading?”

31 The man[b] replied, “How can I unless someone guides me?” So he invited Philip to get in and sit with him. 32 This was the passage of Scripture he was reading:

“Like a sheep he was led away to be slaughtered,
    and like a lamb is silent before its shearer,
        so he does not open his mouth.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 8:30 Lit. He
  2. Acts 8:31 Lit. He

30 Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.

31 “How can I,” he said, “unless someone explains it to me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

32 This is the passage of Scripture the eunuch was reading:

“He was led like a sheep to the slaughter,
    and as a lamb before its shearer is silent,
    so he did not open his mouth.

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