Acts 8:31

And he said: How could I, except some one should guide me? And he entreated Philip to come up, and sit with him.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

30And Philip ran thither, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet. And he said: Understandest thou then what thou art reading?

32And the contents of the Scripture which he was reading was this: He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; And as a lamb dumb before his shearer, So he opens not his mouth.

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Cross References

Matthew 18:3and said: Verily I say to you, if ye do not turn and become as the little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Romans 10:14How then shall they call on him on whom they believed not? And how shall they believe on him of whom they heard not? And how shall they hear without a preacher?

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 →

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