Acts 8:26-39 the Remedy.
26 Now, one of the Lord's angels told Philip,
"Go south on the desert road that goes from Jerusalem to Gaza."
27 So he went, and while he was walking, he saw an Ethiopian eunuch,
who was the national treasurer of the Ethiopian queen Candace.
He had been to Jerusalem to worship, 28 and on his way home was sitting in his carriage, reading from the book written by God's spokesperson Isaiah.
29 The Spirit instructed Philip, "Go and walk beside that carriage, and stay close to it."
30 So Philip ran, and as he caught up to the carriage, he heard the man reading from Isaiah.
Philip asked him, "Do you understand the meaning of what you are reading?"
31 "No, not really," he said. "I need someone to explain it to me."
Then he asked Philip if he would ride with him and explain what it meant.
32 The eunuch was reading this portion of Isaiah:
"Like a sheep being led to the slaughter, or as a lamb is silent while it is sheared,
so he remained silent.
33 By his selfless death he cured our terminal condition
and thus the condemnation was taken away.
Who can count the number of his children
— those who partake of the Remedy he achieved?
For the humanity which he assumed - the humanity inherited from Adam - was eradicated."
(Isaiah 53:7-8).
34 The eunuch asked Philip, "So who was he talking about? Please tell me, was it himself or someone else?"
35 Philip, starting with that very passage from Isaiah, told him the amazing good news of Jesus becoming human, taking up our terminal condition, loving perfectly and dying selflessly - all this in order to procure the Remedy, save the human species, and secure the universe unfallen.
36 Soon they came to a place along the road with water, and the eunuch said, "Look, here is some water. Why shouldn't I take a public stand and be symbolically immersed into the family of Jesus?" 37 "If you sincerely believe in your heart, you may," replied Philip.
The eunuch answered, "I do believe! Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God."
38 So he ordered his carriage to stop, and they went into the water where Philip immersed him.
39 When they came out of the water, the Spirit of God suddenly transported Philip away.
The eunuch never saw him again, but went home rejoicing.
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And, in the King James Version,
Acts 8:26 And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.
27 And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,
28 Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet.
29 Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.
30 And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
31 And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.
32 The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:
33 In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.
34 And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?
35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.
36 And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?
37 And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
38 And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.
39 And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+8&version=KJV