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,
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Gill's Exposition
Was returning,.... From Jerusalem, having finished the parts of divine worship he came to perform; and it is remarkable, that though he must doubtless have heard of Jesus of Nazareth, and what had…
Barnes' Notes
A man of Ethiopia - Gaza was near the confines between Palestine and Egypt. It was in the direct road from Jerusalem to Egypt. “Ethiopia” was one of the great kingdoms of Africa, part of which is now…
Adam Clarke
A man of Ethiopia - Ανηρ Αιθιοψ should be translated an Ethiopian, for the reasons given on Act 7:2.
An eunuch - See this word interpreted, on Mat 19:12 (note). The term eunuch was given to persons in…
We have here the story of the conversion of an Ethiopian eunuch to the faith of Christ, by whom, we have reason to think, the knowledge of Christ was sent into that country where he lived, and that…
Cambridge Bible
behold, a man of Ethiopia It is better to supply the substantive verb here, "behold there was, &c." otherwise the conjunction at the commencement of the next verse is left untranslated.
Ethiopia,…
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