Acts 8:30

Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, "Do you understand what you are reading?"

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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

29The Spirit said to Philip, "Go near, and join yourself to this chariot."

31He said, "How can I, unless someone explains it to me?" He begged Philip to come up and sit with him.

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Cross References

Psalms 119:32I run in the path of your commandments,for you have set my heart free.HEY

Matthew 13:19When anyone hears the word of the Kingdom, and does not understand it, the evil one comes, and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown by the roadside.

Matthew 13:51"Have you understood all these things?"They answered him, "Yes, Lord."

Matthew 24:15"When, therefore, you see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),

Luke 24:44He said to them, "This is what I told you, while I was still with you, that all things which are written in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms, concerning me must be fulfilled."

John 5:39"You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about 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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