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Acts 8:34-40
New American Standard Bible 1995
34 The eunuch answered Philip and said, “Please tell me, of whom does the prophet say this? Of himself or of someone else?” 35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture he preached Jesus to him. 36 As they went along the road they came to some water; and the eunuch *said, “Look! Water! What prevents me from being baptized?” 37 [And Philip said, “If you believe with all your heart, you may.” And he answered and said, “I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.”] 38 And he ordered the chariot to stop; and they both went down into the water, Philip as well as the eunuch, and he baptized him. 39 When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away; and the eunuch no longer saw him, but went on his way rejoicing. 40 But Philip found himself at Azotus, and as he passed through he kept preaching the gospel to all the cities until he came to Caesarea.
It’s interesting to note that the meeting between Philip and the
Ethiopian Bureaucrat Eunuch Government official was quite brief
because it was immediately after Philip shared The Gospel that The
Holy Spirit snatched Philip away.
Does it have something to do with popular/pop psychology?
(Also, as an interesting side note: (Acts 8:26-40) narrative gives
credibility to supporters of short-term Christian missionary work
because some short-term Christian missionary work critics complain
that short-term missionary work does not allow Christian missionaries
enough time to gradually develop a strong relationship with
non-Christian people who need the Gospel.)
