Acts 8:28

Was now on his way home, and was reading the Prophet Isaiah as he sat in his chariot.

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

27So he arose and went. And behold an Ethiopian man, a eunuch, who was a high official (a chief treasurer) of Candace, the queen of Ethiopia, who had come to Jerusalem to worship

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

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Cross References

Luke 4:17And there was handed him the roll of the prophet Isaiah; and unrolling it 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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