And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
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Gill's Exposition
And he said, how can I, except some man should guide me?.... Which shows that he was of an excellent spirit and temper; since instead of answering in a haughty and disdainful manner, as great men are…
Barnes' Notes
And Philip ran ... - Indicating his haste and his desire to obey the suggestions of the Spirit. A thousand difficulties might have been started in the mind of Philip if he had reflected a little. The…
Adam Clarke
Heard him read the Prophet Esaias - The eunuch, it seems, was reading aloud, and apparently in Greek, for that was the common language in Egypt; and, indeed, almost in every place it was understood.…
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
And Philip ran thither to him Better, ran up. There is only the verb in the Greek.
Understandest thou, &c. Philip's question refers to the application of the words. Of their reference to Jesus the…
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