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Acts 8:30 KJV
Acts · chapter 8 · verse 30
And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?Acts 8:30 · King James Version
Acts 8:30 in context
28Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet.
29Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.
30And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
31And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.
32The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- prophetprophētēsin Greek writings, an interpreter of oracles or of other hidden things, one who, moved by…G4396 →
- PhilipphilipposPhilip = " lover of horses" , an apostle of Christ, an evangelist and one of the…G5376 →
- EsaiasēsaiasIsaiah = " Jehovah s help" , a famous Hebrew prophet who prophesied in the reigns…G2268 →
- heardakouōto be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf, to hear, to attend to, consider what…G191 →
- readanaginōskōto distinguish between, to recognise, to know accurately, to acknowledge, to readG314 →
- saideiponto speak, sayG2036 →
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We have here the story of the conversion of an Ethiopian eunuch to the faith of Christ, by whom, we have reason to think, the knowledge of Christ was sent into that country where he lived, and that scripture fulfilled, Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands (one of the first of the nations) unto God, Psa 68:31. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 26-40