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Acts 8:28

Acts 8:28
Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Then the Spirit said unto Philip,.... Not the angel, a ministering Spirit, as in Act 8:26 but the Holy Spirit, as the Syriac and Ethiopic versions read, the same with the Spirit of the Lord, Act 8:39…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

And, sitting in his chariot - His carriage; his vehicle. The form of the carriage is not known. In some instances the carriages of the ancients were placed on wheels; in others were borne on poles, in…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Sitting in his chariot, read Esaias the prophet - He had gone to Jerusalem to worship: he had profited by his religious exercises: and even in travelling, he is improving his time. God sees his…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Acts 8:26-40

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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

was returning The original has a conjunction, "andwas returning," i.e. at the termination of the feast.

read Esaias[Isaiah] the prophet He was evidently reading aloud (see Act 8:8), and this was…