Acts 8:28

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

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

27Upon this he rose and went. Now, as it happened, an Ethiopian eunuch who was in a position of high authority with Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, as her treasurer, had visited Jerusalem to worship there,

29Then the Spirit said to Philip, "Go and enter that chariot."

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Cross References

Luke 4:17And there was handed to Him the book of the Prophet Isaiah, and, opening the book, 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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