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Ethiopian Eunuch

Holman Bible Dictionary

(ee thih oh' pi an) An unnamed person who was returning to his homeland after having been to Jerusalem to worship (Acts 8:27 ). He was an official in the court of the queen of Ethiopia. As he traveled, he met Philip the evangelist. Philip had come to the desert area in response to God's call. Philip declared the gospel to the eunuch, and the eunuch received Christian baptism at Philip's hands. His conversion illustrates the Christian faith transcending national boundaries and embracing one whose physical mutilation would have excluded him from full participation in Judaism.