Acts 8:30

And when he came near, he heard him reading in Isaiah the prophet; and he said to him: Understandest thou what thou readest?

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

31And he said: How can I understand, unless some one instruct me? And he requested of Philip, that he would come up and sit with him.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:19Every one that heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, the evil one cometh and snatcheth away the seed sowed in his heart: this is what was sowed by the side of the path.

Matthew 13:51Jesus said to them: Have ye understood all these things? They say to him: Yes, our Lord.

Matthew 24:15And when ye see the abominable sign of desolation, which was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place; then let the reader consider;

Luke 24:44And he said to them: These are the things which I said to you while I was with you, That all things written of me, in the law of Moses and in the prophets and in the psalms, must be fulfilled.

John 5:39Search the scriptures; for in them, ye think, there is life eternal for you; and they testify of 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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