Acts 8:28

And as he turned to go, he was sitting in his chariot, and was reading in Isaiah the prophet.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

27And he arose and went. And there met him a eunuch, who had come from Cush, an officer of Candace, queen of the Cushites, who had charge of all her treasure; and he had come to worship at Jerusalem.

29And the Holy Spirit said to Philip: Go near, and join thyself to the chariot.

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Cross References

Luke 4:17And there was delivered to him the book of Isaiah the prophet. And Jesus opened the book, and found the place where it is 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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