Acts 8:28

and on his return was sitting in his chariot reading Isaiah the prophet.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

27So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official in charge of the entire treasury of Candace, the queen of the Ethiopians. He had gone to Jerusalem to worship,

29The Spirit said to Philip, “Go over to that chariot and stay by it.”

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 11:18Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.

Joshua 1:8This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do.

Psalms 119:99I have more insight than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my meditation.

Proverbs 2:1My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,

Isaiah 1:1This is the vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

Luke 4:17the scroll of Isaiah the prophet was handed to Him. Unrolling it, He found the place where it was written:

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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