Acts 8:28

was returning and sitting in his chariot; and he was reading the prophet Isaiah.

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

27And he arose and went; and lo! a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch, a high officer of Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem to worship,

29And the Spirit said to Philip, Go near and join thyself to this chariot.

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Cross References

Psalms 119:99I have more understanding than all my teachers; For thine ordinances are my meditation.

Proverbs 2:1Oh, my son, that thou wouldst receive my words, And treasure up my precepts within thee;

Isaiah 1:1The visions of Isaiah, the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

Luke 4:17And there was delivered to him the book of the prophet Isaiah; and unrolling the book, 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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