Acts 8:30
And Philip ran to him, and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said, Do you understand what you are reading?
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29Then the Spirit said to Philip, Go near, and join this chariot.
Cross References
Matthew 13:19When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understand it, then the wicked one comes, and catches away that which was sown in his heart. This is the seed that was sown by the wayside.
Matthew 13:51Jesus said to them, Have you understood all these things? They said to him, Yes.
Matthew 24:15Therefore, when you shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place, (whoever reads, let him understand:)
Luke 24:44He said to them, These are the words which I spoke to you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled which are written about me in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms.
John 5:39You search the scriptures; for in them you think you have eternal life: and it is they that 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 →