Acts 8:30
Understandest thou what thou readest?—To one so engaged this would be deemed no rude question, while the eager appearance of the speaker, and the question itself, would indicate a readiness to supply any want of insight that might be felt.
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.
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.”
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.”
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Acts 8:29-31
the Spirit said—by an unmistakable voice within, as in Acts 10:19; Acts 16:6-7.
go near and join this chariot—This would reveal to Philip the hitherto unknown object of his journey, and encourage him to expect something.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Acts 8:30:
Isaiah 45:14
Isaiah 52:13
Jeremiah 38:7
Acts 8:26-28
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