Acts Chapter 8 verse 28 Holy Bible
and he was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.
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He was going back, seated in his carriage, and was reading the book of the prophet Isaiah.
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was returning and sitting in his chariot: and he was reading the prophet Esaias.
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Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet.
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He was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.
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he was also returning, and is sitting on his chariot, and he was reading the prophet Isaiah.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 28. - And he was for was, A.V. ; was reading for read, A.V.; Isaiah for Esaias, A.V., the Hebrew for the Greek form. The diffusion of the Holy Scriptures among the Gentiles by means of the Jewish dispersion and the facility given to Gentiles for reading the Scriptures by their translation into Greek at Alexandria, and by the universal use of the Greek language through the conquests of Alexander the Great, are striking instances of the providence of God working all things after the counsel of his own will.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(28) Sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet.--After the manner of most Eastern nations, to whom silent reading is almost unknown, the eunuch was reading aloud. Philip heard him, and so gained an opening for conversation. Was the roll of Isaiah a new-found treasure? Had he bought the MS. in Jerusalem, and was he reading the wonderful utterances for the first time? The whole narrative implies that he was reading the LXX. version.
