Acts 8:31

And he said, How can I, unless some one shall guide me? And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

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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 up, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, Well, but dost thou understand what thou art reading?

32And the passage of the scripture which he was reading was this: “He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so he openeth not his mouth.

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Cross References

Psalms 25:8Good and righteous is the LORD; Therefore showeth he to sinners the way.

Psalms 73:22Then was I stupid and without understanding; I was like one of the brutes before thee.

Isaiah 29:18And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, And out of mist and darkness shall the eyes of the blind see.

Matthew 18:3and said, Truly do I say to you, Unless ye are changed, and become as children, ye will not enter the kingdom of heaven.

Romans 10:14How then shall they call on him, in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him, of whom they have not heard? 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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