Acts 8:30

And Philip running forth, heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said; Whether do you understand what you are reading?

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?

In Context

29And the Spirit said to Philip, Go, and join yourself to that chariot.

31And he said, How could I, unless some one shall guide me? And he called upon Philip coming up, to sit with him;

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Cross References

Matthew 13:19Every one hearing the word of the kingdom, and not understanding it, the wicked one comes, and seizes away that which is sown in his heart: he is the one sown by the wayside.

Matthew 13:51Do you understand all these things? They say to Him, Yea.

Matthew 24:15Then when you may see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let him that readeth know),

Luke 24:44And He said to them, These are my words which I spoke to you, being still with you, that it behooves all things which have been written concerning me in the law of Moses, and the prophets, and the Psalms, to be fulfilled.

John 5:39Search the Scriptures, because in them ye think ye have eternal life; and they are they which testify concerning me;

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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