Acts 8:30
28 and on his return was sitting in his chariot reading Isaiah the prophet.
29 The Spirit said to Philip, “Go over to that chariot and stay by it.”
So Philip ran up and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.
31 “How can I,” he said, “unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
32 The eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before the shearer is silent, so He did not open His mouth.
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 Philip ran up and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.
- KJV
- And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
- WEB
- Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, “Do you understand what you are reading?”
- ASV
- And Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
- DARBY
- And Philip, running up, heard him reading the prophet Esaias, and said, Dost thou then know what thou art reading of?
- BLB
- And Philip, having run up, heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and he said, “Do you then understand what you are reading?”
- ÅB
- Filip løp da til, og hørte at han leste profeten Jesaja, og sa: Skjønner du det du leser?
- OTB
- Filip løp bort og hørte ham lese profeten Jesaja, og spurte: "Forstår du det du leser?"
- B1930
- Filip løp da til, og hørte at han leste profeten Esaias, og sa: Skjønner du det du leser?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 24:44–45
Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms.”
Read in contextJohn 5:39
You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,
Read in contextEphesians 5:17
Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.
Read in contextMatthew 15:10
Jesus called the crowd to Him and said, “Listen and understand.
Read in contextMatthew 13:23
But the seed sown on good soil is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and produces a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.”
Read in contextMatthew 13:51
Have you understood all these things?” “Yes,” they answered.
Read in contextMatthew 24:15
So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ described by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand),
Read in contextEcclesiastes 9:10
Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
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