Acts 8:33

In his humiliation he was denied justice. Who will tell of his posterity? For his life was taken from the earth.”

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.

In Context

32This is the passage of Scripture that he was reading: “Like a sheep he was led to slaughter. And as a lamb is silent before its shearer, so he did not open his mouth.

34The eunuch said to Philip, “I ask yoʋ, who does the prophet say this about? About himself or about someone else?”

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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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