Acts 8:30
So Philip ran over, and heard the man reading from the prophet Isaiah. “Do you understand what you're reading?” Philip asked him.
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29The Spirit told Philip, “Go over close to the chariot.”
Cross References
Psalms 119:32I run to follow your commands, for you have expanded my mind!
Matthew 13:19When people hear the message about the kingdom and don't understand it, the evil one comes along and rips out what was sown in them. This is what happens to the seeds sown on the path.
Matthew 13:51Now do you understand everything?” “Yes,” they replied.
Matthew 24:15So when you see the ‘idolatry that causes devastation’ standing in the holy place that the prophet Daniel spoke about (those who read this please consider carefully),
Luke 24:44Then Jesus said to them, “This is what I explained to you while I was still with you. Everything written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms, had to be fulfilled.”
John 5:39You search the Scriptures because you think that through them you'll gain eternal life. But the evidence they give is in support of 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 →