Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet.
and he was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.
he was also returning, and is sitting on his chariot, and he was reading the prophet Isaiah.
was returning and sitting in his chariot: and he was reading the prophet Esaias.
Acts — The Gospel's sequel. Jerusalem → Judea and Samaria → the ends of the earth. Three missionary journeys and the voyage to Rome.
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The walk8
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Joshua 1:8This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper…
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I will meditate on Your precepts and regard Your ways.
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.
Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to…
My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;
So keep and follow the words of this covenant, that you may prosper in all you do.
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Colossians 3:16Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to…
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I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.
Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord,
If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
The whole web at once: see the Arc.
Voices5
The Spirit had enjoined Philip to proceed to that road: the eunuch himself, too, was not found idle, nor as one who was suddenly seized with an eager desire to be baptized; but, after going up to the temple for prayer's sake, being intently engaged on the divine Scripture, was thus suitably discovered-to whom God had, unasked, sent an apostle, which one, again, the Spirit bade adjoin himself to the chamberlain's chariot.
Tertullian· On Baptism, 220patristic
Was returning,....
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)reformed
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 simplicity and earnestness, and provides him an instructer, who should lead him into the great truths of the Gospel, which, without such a one, he could not have understood.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical
But the faith in Jehovah and love of His worship and word, with which he was imbued, sufficiently explain this. and sitting in his chariot, read Esaias--Not contented with the statutory services in which he had joined, he beguiles the tedium of the journey homeward by reading the Scriptures.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed
Sitting in his chariot, he read the Prophet Isaiah - God meeteth those that remember him in his ways. It is good to read, hear, seek information even in a journey.
John Wesley· Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament, 1755evangelical
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Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.
This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet: “Lord, who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”
They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: “The Holy Spirit was right when He spoke to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet:
This is the vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
When he is seated on his royal throne, he must write for himself a copy of this instruction on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.
This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do.
Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
Listen to instruction and be wise; do not ignore it.
You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,
I have more insight than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my meditation.
My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,
These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts.
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Psalms2
Luke2
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