Acts 8:30

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And Philip, running up to him, saw that he was reading Isaiah the prophet, and said to him, Is the sense of what you are reading clear to you?

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 119:32 : 32 I will go quickly in the way of your teaching, because you have given me a free heart.
  • Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatever comes to your hand to do with all your power, do it because there is no work, or thought, or knowledge, or wisdom in the place of the dead to which you are going.
  • Matt 13:19 : 19 When the word of the kingdom comes to anyone, and the sense of it is not clear to him, then the Evil One comes, and quickly takes away that which was put in his heart. He is the seed dropped by the wayside.
  • Matt 13:23 : 23 And the seed which was put in good earth, this is he who gives ear to the word, and gets the sense of it; who gives fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much.
  • Matt 13:51 : 51 Are all these things now clear to you? They say to him, Yes.
  • Matt 15:10 : 10 And he got the people together and said to them, Give ear, and let my words be clear to you:
  • Matt 24:15 : 15 When, then, you see in the holy place the unclean thing which makes destruction, of which word was given by Daniel the prophet (let this be clear to the reader),
  • Mark 13:14 : 14 But when you see the unclean thing which makes destruction, in the place where it has no right to be (let this be clear to the reader), then let those who are in Judaea go quickly to the mountains:
  • Luke 24:44-45 : 44 And he said to them, These are the words which I said to you when I was still with you, how it was necessary for all the things which are in the writings of Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms about me, to be put into effect. 45 Then he made the holy Writings clear to their minds.
  • John 4:34 : 34 Jesus said, My food is to do the pleasure of him who sent me and to make his work complete.
  • John 5:39 : 39 You make search in the holy Writings, in the belief that through them you get eternal life; and it is those Writings which give witness about me.
  • 1 Cor 14:19 : 19 But in the church it would be better for me to make use of five words of which the sense was clear, so that others might have profit, than ten thousand words in a strange tongue.
  • Eph 5:17 : 17 For this reason, then, do not be foolish, but be conscious of the Lord's pleasure.
  • Rev 13:18 : 18 Here is wisdom. He who has knowledge let him get the number of the beast; because it is the number of a man: and his number is Six hundred and sixty-six.
  • Acts 8:27 : 27 And he went and there was a man of Ethiopia, a servant of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, and controller of all her property, who had come up to Jerusalem for worship;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Acts 8:26-29
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    26 But an angel of the Lord said to Philip, Get up, and go to the south, to the road which goes from Jerusalem to Gaza, through the waste land.

    27 And he went and there was a man of Ethiopia, a servant of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, and controller of all her property, who had come up to Jerusalem for worship;

    28 He was going back, seated in his carriage, and was reading the book of the prophet Isaiah.

    29 And the Spirit said to Philip, Go near, and get on his carriage.

  • Acts 8:31-40
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    31 And he said, How is that possible when I have no guide? And he made Philip get up by his side.

    32 Now the place in the book where he was reading was this: He was taken, like a sheep, to be put to death; and as a lamb is quiet when its wool is being cut, so he made no sound:

    33 Being of low degree, his cause was not given a hearing: who has knowledge of his family? for his life is cut off from the earth.

    34 And the Ethiopian said to Philip, About whom are these words said by the prophet? about himself, or some other?

    35 So Philip, starting from this writing, gave him the good news about Jesus.

    36 And while they were going on their way, they came to some water, and the Ethiopian said, See, here is water; why may I not have baptism?

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    38 And he gave orders for the carriage to be stopped, and the two of them went down into the water, and Philip gave him baptism.

    39 And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord took Philip away; and the Ethiopian saw him no more, for he went on his way full of joy.

    40 But Philip came to Azotus, and went through all the towns, preaching the good news, till he came to Caesarea.

  • Acts 8:5-6
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    5 And Philip went down to Samaria and was teaching them about Christ.

    6 And all the people gave attention to the words which Philip said, when they saw the signs which he did.

  • John 1:43-46
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    43 The day after this, Jesus had a desire to go into Galilee. He came across Philip and said to him, Come and be my disciple.

    44 Now Philip's town was Beth-saida, where Andrew and Peter came from.

    45 Philip came across Nathanael and said to him, We have made a discovery! It is he of whom Moses, in the law, and the prophets were writing, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.

    46 Nazareth! said Nathanael, Is it possible for any good to come out of Nazareth? Philip said to him, Come and see.

  • Luke 4:17
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    17 And the book of the prophet Isaiah was given to him and, opening the book, he came on the place where it is said,

  • Luke 10:26
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    26 And he said to him, What does the law say, in your reading of it?

  • John 12:21-22
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    21 They came to Philip, who was of Beth-saida in Galilee, and made a request, saying, Sir, we have a desire to see Jesus.

    22 Philip went and gave word of it to Andrew; and Andrew went with Philip to Jesus.

  • Isa 6:9
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    9 And he said, Go, and say to this people, You will go on hearing, but learning nothing; you will go on seeing, but without getting wiser.

  • Acts 28:26
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    26 Go to this people and say, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you:

  • Neh 8:8
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    8 And they gave out the words of the book the law of God, clearly, and gave the sense of it, so that their minds were able to take it in.

  • John 1:48
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    48 Nathanael said to him, Where did you get knowledge of me? In answer Jesus said, Before Philip was talking with you, while you were still under the fig-tree, I saw you.

  • John 12:41
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    41 (Isaiah said these words because he saw his glory. His words were about him.)

  • John 6:5
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    5 Lifting up his eyes, Jesus saw a great number of people coming to where he was, and he said to Philip, Where may we get bread for all these people?

  • John 14:8-9
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    8 Philip said to him, Lord, let us see the Father, and we have need of nothing more.

    9 Jesus said to him, Philip, have I been with you all this time, and still you have no knowledge of me? He who has seen me has seen the Father. Why do you say, Let us see the Father?

  • Mark 8:21
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    21 And he said to them, Is it still not clear to you?

  • Acts 9:6
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    6 But get up, and go into the town, and it will be made clear to you what you have to do.

  • Luke 24:45
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    45 Then he made the holy Writings clear to their minds.

  • Acts 21:8
    68%

    8 And on the day after, we went away and came to Caesarea, where we were guests in the house of Philip, the preacher, who was one of the seven.

  • Acts 8:13-14
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    13 And Simon himself had faith and, having had baptism, he went with Philip and, seeing the signs and the great wonders which he did, he was full of surprise.

    14 Now when the Apostles at Jerusalem had news that the people of Samaria had taken the word of God into their hearts, they sent to them Peter and John;

  • Isa 29:12
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    12 And they give it to one without learning, saying, Make clear to us what is in the book: and he says, I have no knowledge of writing.

  • Matt 13:14
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    14 And for them the words of Isaiah have come true, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you:

  • John 12:38
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    38 So that the words of the prophet Isaiah might come true, when he said, Lord, who has any belief in our preaching? and the arm of the Lord, to whom has it been unveiled?

  • John 1:23
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    23 He said, I am the voice of one crying in the waste land, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.

  • Acts 22:8
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    8 And I, answering, said, Who are you; Lord? And he said to me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are attacking.

  • John 1:37
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    37 Hearing what he said, the two disciples went after Jesus.

  • Acts 13:7
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    7 Who was with the ruler, Sergius Paulus, an able man. This man sent for Barnabas and Saul, desiring to have knowledge of the word of God.

  • Luke 24:32
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    32 And they said to one another, Were not our hearts burning in us while he was talking to us on the way, making clear to us the holy Writings?

  • Matt 12:17
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    17 So that what was said by Isaiah the prophet might come true,

  • Acts 17:19-20
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    19 And they took him to Mars' Hill, saying, Will you make clear to us what is this new teaching of yours?

    20 For you seem to us to say strange things, and we have a desire to get the sense of them.

  • Luke 18:36
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    36 And hearing the sound of a great number of people going by, he said, What is this?