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Philip and the Ethiopian

Acts 8:30

In 9 translations

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?
LSV
and Philip having run near, heard him reading the prophet Isaiah and said, “Do you then know what you read?”
YLT
and Philip having run near, heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said, 'Dost thou then know what thou dost read?'
DBY
And Philip, running up, heard him reading the prophet Esaias, and said, Dost thou then know what thou art reading of?
DRC
And Philip running thither, heard him reading the prophet Isaias. And he said: Thinkest thou that thou understandest what thou readest?
GNV
And Philip ranne thither, and heard him reade the Prophet Esaias, and said, But vnderstandest thou what thou readest?

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (3)
  • Spelling of Ἠσαΐαν: Tyndale House: Ἡσαΐαν.
  • Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place τὸν elsewhere in this verse.
  • Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place προφήτην elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: Ἠσαΐαν τὸν προφήτην. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read Ἠσαΐαν τὸν προφήτην; Robinson–Pierpont read τὸν προφήτην Ἠσαΐαν.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
προσδραμὼν δὲ ὁ Φίλιππος ἤκουσεν αὐτοῦ ἀναγινώσκοντος Ἠσαΐαν τὸν προφήτην καὶ εἶπεν· Ἆρά γε γινώσκεις ἃ ἀναγινώσκεις;
RP2018
Προσδραμὼν δὲ ὁ Φίλιππος ἤκουσεν αὐτοῦ ἀναγινώσκοντος τὸν προφήτην Ἠσαΐαν, καὶ εἶπεν, Ἆρά γε γινώσκεις ἃ ἀναγινώσκεις;
TR-Boyd
Προσδραμὼν δὲ ὁ Φίλιππος ἤκουσεν αὐτοῦ ἀναγινώσκοντος τὸν προφήτην Ἠσαΐαν, καὶ εἶπεν, Ἆρά γε γινώσκεις ἃ ἀναγινώσκεις;
SCR1894
προσδραμων δε ο φιλιππος ηκουσεν αυτου αναγινωσκοντος τον προφητην ησαιαν και ειπεν αρα γε γινωσκεις α αναγινωσκεις

Who and where

👤 Isaiah👤 Phillip the Evangelist◆ Conversion of Ethiopian Eunuch

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Luke 24:44–45Jesus 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.” Then He opened their minds…
  • John 5:39You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,
  • Ephesians 5:17Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.
  • Matthew 13:23But 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.”
  • Matthew 15:10Jesus called the crowd to Him and said, “Listen and understand.
  • Matthew 24:15So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ described by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand),
  • Matthew 13:51Have you understood all these things?” “Yes,” they answered.
  • Acts 8:27So 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,
  • Mark 13:14So when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
  • Matthew 13:19When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path.
  • Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever 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.
  • 1 Corinthians 14:19But in the church, I would rather speak five coherent words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue.
  • Psalms 119:32I run in the path of Your commandments, for You will enlarge my heart.
  • Revelation 13:18Here is a call for wisdom: Let the one who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and that number is 666.
  • John 4:34Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

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