Acts 8:27
25 And they, when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.
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.
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 thyself to this chariot.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official in charge of the entire treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. He had gone to Jerusalem to worship,
- KJV
- 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,
- WEB
- He arose and went; and behold, there was a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to Jerusalem to worship.
- ASV
- And he arose and went: and behold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to Jerusalem to worship;
- DARBY
- And he rose up and went. And lo, an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a man in power under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to worship at Jerusalem,
- BLB
- And having risen up, he went. And behold, a man, an Ethiopian eunuch, a potentate of Kandake, queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to Jerusalem to worship.
- ÅB
- Han sto da opp og gikk dit; og se, der var en etioper, en hoffmann, en høy embedsmann hos Kandake, etiopernes dronning, en som var satt over hele hennes skatt; han var kommet til Jerusalem for å tilbe,
- OTB
- Så han sto opp og dro. Det var en etiopisk evnukk, en hoffmann hos Kandake, dronningen av etiopierne, som hadde ansvar for alle hennes skatter. Han hadde kommet til Jerusalem for å tilbe,
- B1930
- Han stod da op og gikk dit; og se, der var en etioper, en hoffmann, en høi embedsmann hos Kandake, etiopernes dronning, en som var satt over hele hennes skatt; han var kommet til Jerusalem for å tilbede,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Zephaniah 3:10
From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering.
Read in contextPsalms 68:31
Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.
Read in contextIsaiah 56:3–8
Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.
Read in contextJeremiah 38:7
Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;
Read in contextPsalms 87:4
I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there.
Read in context1 Kings 8:41–43
Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name’s sake;
Read in contextJohn 12:20
And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast:
Read in contextMatthew 12:42
The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
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