<P> The Ethiopian eunuch is a figure in the New Testament of the Bible . The story of his conversion to Christianity is recounted in Acts 8 . </P> <P> Philip the Evangelist was told by an angel to go to the road from Jerusalem to Gaza, and there he met the Ethiopian eunuch . He had been to Jerusalem to worship (Acts 8: 27), and was returning home . The eunuch was sitting in his chariot reading the Book of Isaiah, and had come to Isaiah 53: 7 - 8 . Philip asked the Ethiopian, "Do you understand what you are reading?" He said he did not ("How can I understand unless I have a teacher to teach me?"), and asked Philip to explain the text to him . Philip told him the Gospel of Jesus, and the Ethiopian asked to be baptized . They went down into some water and Philip baptized him . </P> <P> In the King James Version and the Catholic Douay - Rheims Version, the Ethiopian says, "I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God" (verse 37), but this is omitted in most modern versions . Hubbard suggests that confession is "not supported in the better manuscripts (i.e. the Alexandrian text - type))", although the Ethiopian is still "one of the outstanding converts in Acts ." </P>

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