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Christ Is Preached to an Ethiopian

26 Now an angel of the Lord spoke to aPhilip, saying, “Arise and go toward the south along the road which goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This is desert.  
27 So he arose and went. And behold, aa man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace the queen of the Ethiopians, who had charge of all her treasury, and bhad come to Jerusalem to worship,  
28 was returning. And sitting in his chariot, he was reading Isaiah the prophet.
29 Then the Spirit said to Philip, “Go near and overtake this chariot.”
30 So Philip ran to him, and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said, “Do you understand what you are reading?”
31 And he said, “How can I, unless someone guides me?” And he asked Philip to come up and sit with him.
32 The place in the Scripture which he read was this:
a“He was led as a sheep to the slaughter;
And as a lamb before its shearer is silent,
bSo He opened not His mouth. 
33 In His humiliation His ajustice was taken away,
And who will declare His generation?
For His life is btaken from the earth.”  
34 So the eunuch answered Philip and said, “I ask you, of whom does the prophet say this, of himself or of some other man?”
35 Then Philip opened his mouth, aand beginning at this Scripture, preached Jesus to him.  
36 Now as they went down the road, they came to some water. And the eunuch said, “See, here is water. aWhat hinders me from being baptized?”  
37 Then Philip said, a“If you believe with all your heart, you may.” And he answered and said, b“I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.”  
Verse Comparison: Acts 8:28

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American Standard Version
and he was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.

Amplified® Bible
And he was [now] returning, and sitting in his chariot he was reading the book of the prophet Isaiah.

Contemporary English Version
and was now on his way home. He was sitting in his chariot, reading the book of the prophet Isaiah.

Darby English Version
was returning and sitting in his chariot: and he was reading the prophet Esaias.

Good News Bible
(SEE 8:27)

International Standard Version
and was returning home. He was seated in his chariot, reading the prophet Isaiah.

King James Version
Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet.

New American Standard Bible
and he was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.

New International Version
and on his way home was sitting in his chariot reading the book of Isaiah the prophet.

New King James Version
was returning. And sitting in his chariot, he was reading Isaiah the prophet.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
and he returned and sat in his chariot, and read the prophet Isaiah.

Young's Literal Translation
he was also returning, and is sitting on his chariot, and he was reading the prophet Isaiah.

New English Translation
and was returning home, sitting1 in his chariot, reading2 the prophet Isaiah.


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