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Acts 8:34

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“Tell me,” said the eunuch, “who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?”

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other?

KJV

And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?

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This verse in Acts 8

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on Acts · Written before 1107.

"I ask you to tell me, of whom does the prophet say this?" To know that the prophets sometimes speak about others as well, or about themselves in another person, because this is what his question shows — the quality of a very observant man.

This site's exposition

of whom speaketh the prophet this

on Acts 8:34-35

Of whom speaketh the prophet this, of himself, or of some other man, is the same question Jewish and Christian readers of Isaiah fifty-three have debated across the centuries, some finding the Servant in the nation of Israel itself and others in an individual figure. Philip began at the same scripture and preached unto him Jesus, planting the gospel in the text the eunuch already held rather than starting anywhere else, the pattern for every gospel presentation the bench commends. Isaiah's own passage supplies both the starting point and the full content, since a hearer who understands the Servant's substitutionary suffering has already been shown the cross before Philip says a further word.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Of whom speaketh the prophet this - This was a very natural inquiry: for in the test itself, and in its circumstances, there was nothing that could determine the meaning, so as to ascertain whether the prophet meant himself or some other person; and the very inquiry shows that the eunuch had thought deeply on the subject.

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

on Acts 8:34-38

And the eunuch answered, I pray thee, &c.--The respect with which he here addresses Philip was prompted by his reverence for one whom he perceived to be his superior in divine things; his own worldly position sinking before this.

The words behind it

21 Greek words

Every Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

4 in all, six open

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Matthew 13:36

    Then Jesus dismissed the crowds and went into the house. His disciples came to Him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”

    it leads to

    • Mark 7:17

      After Jesus had left the crowd and gone into the house, His disciples inquired about the parable.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • John 16:17–20

      Then some of His disciples asked one another, “Why is He telling us, ‘In a little while you will not see Me, and then after a little while you will see Me’ and ‘Because…

    • Matthew 13:11

      He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.

    • Matthew 15:15–16

      Peter said to Him, “Explain this parable to us.”

    • Matthew 13:1

      That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea.

  • Through

    Matthew 15:15

    Peter said to Him, “Explain this parable to us.”

    it leads to

    • Matthew 13:36

      Then Jesus dismissed the crowds and went into the house. His disciples came to Him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”

    • John 16:29

      His disciples said, “See, now You are speaking plainly and without figures of speech.

    • Mark 4:34

      He did not tell them anything without using a parable. But privately He explained everything to His own disciples.

Where this verse is studied

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The Ascension — Gustave Doré (engraving, public domain)
The Ascension — Gustave Doré (engraving, public domain)
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on Acts.

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