Acts 8:30
So Philip ran up and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.
BSB
Parallel translations (2) ▾
ASV
And Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
KJV
And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
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Commentary
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17 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| προσδραμὼν | prosdramōn | Having run up | G4370 → |
| δὲ | de | then | G1161 → |
| ὁ | ho | <the> | G3588 → |
| Φίλιππος | Philippos | Philip | G5376 → |
| ἤκουσεν | ēkousen | heard | G191 → |
| αὐτοῦ | autou | when he | G846 → |
| ἀναγινώσκοντος | anaginōskontos | is reading | G314 → |
| Ἠσαΐαν | Ēsaian | Isaiah | G2268 → |
| τὸν | ton | the | G3588 → |
| προφήτην | prophētēn | prophet | G4396 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| εἶπεν· | eipen | said; | G2036 → |
| ἆρά | ara | Surely not | G687 → |
| γε | ge | also | G1065 → |
| γινώσκεις | ginōskeis | understand you | G1097 → |
| ἃ | ha | what | G3739 → |
| ἀναγινώσκεις; | anaginōskeis | you are reading? | G314 → |
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