Acts 8:30
“And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him reade the Prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?”
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Acts 8:30 Context
28Was returning, and sitting in his charet, read Esaias the Prophet. 29Then the Spirit saide vnto Philip, Goe neere, and ioyne thy selfe to this charet. 30And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him reade the Prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest? 31And hee said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip, that hee would come vp, and sit with him. 32The place of the Scripture, which hee read, was this, Hee was led as a sheepe to the slaughter, & like a Lambe dumbe before the shearer, so opened he not his mouth:
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Other Translations for Acts 8:30
And Philip ran thither to [him], and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
- King James Version
Philip ran up and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, "Do you understand what you are reading?"
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
- American Standard Version (1901)
And Philip, running up to him, saw that he was reading Isaiah the prophet, and said to him, Is the sense of what you are reading clear to you?
- Basic English Bible
And Philip, running up, heard him reading the prophet Esaias, and said, Dost thou then know what thou art reading of?
- Darby Bible
And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
- Webster's Bible
So Philip ran up and heard the eunuch reading the Prophet Isaiah. "Do you understand what you are reading?" he asked.
- Weymouth Bible
Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, "Do you understand what you are reading?"
- World English Bible
And Filip `ran to, and herde hym redynge Ysaie, the prophete. And he seide, Gessist thou, whether thou vndirstondist, what thingis thou redist?
- Wycliffe Bible
and Philip having run near, heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said, `Dost thou then know what thou dost read?'
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for Acts 8:30
8:30 And Philip running to him, said, Understandest thou what thou readest? - He did not begin about the weather, news, or the like. In speaking for God, we may frequently come to the point at once, without circumlocution.