Acts 8:28

Acts 8:28 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet.
• New International Version (NIV)and on his way home was sitting in his chariot reading the Book of Isaiah the prophet.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and was returning, seated in his chariot, and he was reading the prophet Isaiah.
• New King James Version (NKJV)was returning. And sitting in his chariot, he was reading Isaiah the prophet.

Context of Acts 8:28

26Now an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, “Get up, and go south on the road going down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” (This is a desert road.) 27So he got up and went. And behold, an Ethiopian eunuch—an official who was responsible for all the treasure of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians—had traveled to Jerusalem to worship and was now returning. Sitting in his chariot, he was reading the prophet Isaiah. 29The Ruach said to Philip, “Go, catch up with this chariot.” 30Philip ran up and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah and said, “Do you understand what you are reading?”

Acts 8:28 word by word

ἦν τε ὑποστρέφων καὶ καθήμενος ἐπὶ τοῦ ἅρματος αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀνεγίνωσκεν τὸν προφήτην Ἠσαΐαν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Wasεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• ·τεte · and/bothG5037
• returningὑποστρέφωhupostrephō · to returnG5290
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• sittingκάθημαιkathēmai · to sitG2521
• inἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• chariotὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• chariotἅρμαharma · chariotG716
• readἀναγινώσκωanaginōskō · to readG314
• EsaiasἩσαΐαςHēsaias · IsaiahG2268
• the prophetπροφήτηςprophētēs · prophetG4396

Cross-references for Acts 8:28

• Acts 17:11Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, because they received the message with goodwill, searching the Scriptures each day to see whether these things were true.
• Deuteronomy 6:6These words, which I am commanding you today, are to be on your heart.
• Deuteronomy 11:18“Therefore you are to set these words of Mine in your heart and in your soul. You are to bind them as a sign on your hand, and as frontlets between your eyes.
• Deuteronomy 17:18“Now when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, he is to write for himself a copy of this Torah on a scroll, from what is before the Levitical kohanim.
• Joshua 1:8This book of the Torah should not depart from your mouth—you are to meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will make your ways prosperous and then you will be successful.
• Psalms 1:2But his delight is in the Torah of Adonai, and on His Torah he meditates day and night.
• Psalms 119:99I have more insight than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my meditation.
• Proverbs 2:1My son, if you accept my words and treasure my mitzvot within you,
• Proverbs 8:33Heed discipline and be wise, and do not neglect it.
• John 5:39You search the Scriptures because you suppose that in them you have eternal life. It is these that testify about Me.
• Colossians 3:16Let the word of Messiah dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another with all wisdom in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with gratitude in your hearts to God.
• 2 Timothy 3:15and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings that are able to make you wise, leading to salvation through trusting in Messiah Yeshua.
• Acts 28:25So when they disagreed among themselves, they began leaving after Paul had said one last statement: “The Ruach ha-Kodesh rightly spoke through Isaiah the prophet to your fathers,
• Isaiah 1:1The vision of Isaiah son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah:
• Luke 3:4As it is written in the scroll of the words of Isaiah the prophet, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way of Adonai, and make His paths straight.
• Luke 4:17When the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him, He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,

Commentaries on Acts 8:28

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 28Sitting in his chariot, read Esaias the prophet - He had gone to Jerusalem to worship: he had profited by his religious exercises: and even in travelling, he is improving his time. God sees his simplicity and earnestness, and provides him an instructer, who should lead him into the great truths of the Gospel, which, without such a one, he could not have understood. Many, after having done their duty, as they call it, in attending a place of worship…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 28And, sitting in his chariot - His carriage; his vehicle. The form of the carriage is not known. In some instances the carriages of the ancients were placed on wheels; in others were borne on poles, in the form of a “litter” or palanquin, by men, mules, or horses. See Calmet‘s “Chariot” article. Reading Esaias … - Isaiah. Reading doubtless the translation of Isaiah called the Septuagint. This translation was made in Egypt for the special use of the Jews in…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 26-40Verses 26-40 Philip was directed to go to a desert. Sometimes God opens a door of opportunity to his ministers in very unlikely places. We should study to do good to those we come into company with by travelling. We should not be so shy of all strangers as some affect to be. As to those of whom we know nothing else, we know this, that they have souls. It is wisdom for men of business to redeem time for holy duties; to fill up every minute with something…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26-40Philip obeyed the Holy Spirit and followed the Spirit’s direction. He then took the opportunity to share the message of the gospel with an Ethiopian eunuch (a trusted male official who served a king or queen) on the desert road from Jerusalem to Gaza. This event shows how effective Philip was in explaining and sharing the Christian message. It also shows his strong commitment to bringing the good news to all people, no matter their social position or…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 26-2826-28. the angel of the Lord--rather, "an angel." go ... south, the way that goeth down from Jerusalem to Gaza--There was such a road, across Mount Hebron, which Philip might take without going to Jerusalem (as Von Raumer's'S Palæstina shows). which is desert--that is, the way; not Gaza itself, which was the southernmost city of Palestine, in the territory of the ancient Philistines. To go from a city, where his hands had been full of work, so far away on…Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 8:28

• Ethiopia
• Eunuch
• Gaza
• Philip
• Preaching

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Commentaries on Acts 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings