Acts 8:31

The Cushite said, “How can I, unless someone guides me?” He begged Philip to come up into the chariot 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

30So Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, “Do you understand what you are reading?”

32Now the passage of the scripture which the Ethiopian was reading was this, 1 “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, 1 and like a lamb before his shearer is silent, 1 so he did not open his mouth. 1

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Cross References

2 Kings 5:26Elisha said to Gehazi, “Was not my spirit with you when the man turned his chariot to meet you? Is this a time to accept money and clothes, olive orchards and vineyards, sheep and oxen, and male servants and female servants?

Psalms 25:8Yahweh is good and upright; 1 therefore he teaches sinners the way. 1

Psalms 73:22I was ignorant and lacked insight; 1 I was like a senseless animal before you. 1

Isaiah 29:18On that day the deaf will hear the words of a book, 1 and the eyes of the blind will see out of the deep darkness. 1

Matthew 18:3and said, “Truly I say to you, unless you turn and become like little children, you will in no way enter the kingdom of heaven.

Romans 10:14How then can they call on him in whom they have not believed? How can they believe in him of whom they have not heard? How can 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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