KJV King James Version
And Philip ran thither to [him], and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
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Acts 8:30
And Philip ran thither to [him], and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So Philip ran up and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.
WEB World English Bible
Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, “Do you understand what you are reading?”
ASV American Standard Version
And Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Philip having run near, heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said, ‘Dost thou then know what thou dost read?’
Surrounding context — Acts 8
27 And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,
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.
30 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:
33 In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.
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προσδραμὼνG4370 · prostrechōto hastenδὲG1161 · dethenὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoΦίλιπποςG5376 · PhilipposPhilipἤκουσενG191 · akouōto hearαὐτοῦG846 · autosit/s/heἀναγινώσκοντοςG314 · anaginōskōto readἨσαΐανG2268 · HēsaiasIsaiahτὸνG3588 · hothe/this/whoπροφήτηνG4396 · prophētēsprophetκαὶG2532 · kaiandεἶπεν·G2036 · eiponto sayἆράG687 · arano?γεG1065 · geindeedγινώσκειςG1097 · ginōskōto knowἃG3739 · hos, hēwhichἀναγινώσκεις;G314 · anaginōskōto read
Cross-references
Luke 24:44-45And 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.John 5:39Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.Ephesians 5:17Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord [is].Matthew 13:23But 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.Matthew 15:10And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatsoever 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.Matthew 13:19When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth [it] not, then cometh the wicked [one], and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.1 Corinthians 14:19Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that [by my voice] I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an [unknown] tongue.Mark 13:14But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains:Matthew 24:15When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)Psalm 119:32I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.Matthew 13:51Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord.Acts 8:27And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,Revelation 13:18Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number [is] Six hundred threescore [and] six.John 4:34Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
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