Acts 8:30
And after running near, Philip heard him reading the prophet Isaiah. And he said, Do thou also really understand the things that thou read?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
29And the Spirit said to Philip, Go near, and be joined to this chariot.
Cross References
Psalms 119:32I will run the way of thy commandments when thou shall enlarge my heart.
Matthew 13:19Of every man who hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understands it, evil comes, and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is that which was sown by the wayside.
Matthew 13:51Jesus says to them, Have ye understood all these things? They say to him, Yes, Lord.
Matthew 24:15When therefore ye see the abomination of desolation that was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let him who reads understand),
Luke 24:44And he said to them, These are the words that I spoke to you while still being with you, that it is necessary for all things that are written in the law of Moses, and the prophets, and the psalms about me to be fulfulled.
John 5:39Ye search the scriptures, because ye think to have eternal life in them, and those are testifying about me.
Matthew Henry on Acts 8:27-40
Philip and the Ethiopian. 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… Read the whole commentary →