Acts 8:30
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.
And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
31 And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.
32 The 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:
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
And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.
Read in contextJohn 5:39
Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
Read in contextEphesians 5:17
Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
Read in contextMatthew 15:10
And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:
Read in contextMatthew 13:23
But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
Read in contextMatthew 13:51
Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord.
Read in contextMatthew 24:15
When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
Read in contextEcclesiastes 9:10
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
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