Acts 8:28

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He was on his way home, sitting in his chariot and reading the book of the prophet Isaiah.

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  • Deut 6:6-7 : 6 These words that I am commanding you today are to be upon your heart. 7 Teach them diligently to your children, and speak of them when you sit in your house, when you walk along the road, when you lie down, and when you get up.
  • Deut 11:18-20 : 18 Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds. Tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. 19 Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. 20 Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates,
  • Deut 17:18-19 : 18 When he takes the throne of his kingdom, he is to write for himself on a scroll a copy of this law, taken from that of the Levitical priests. 19 It shall remain with him, and he shall read it all the days of his life so that he may learn to fear the LORD his God by carefully observing all the words of this law and these statutes to follow them.
  • Josh 1:8 : 8 Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips. Meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will prosper and succeed in all you do.
  • Ps 1:2-3 : 2 Instead, his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on His law, he meditates day and night. 3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in its season, and whose leaf does not wither; whatever he does prospers.
  • Ps 119:99 : 99 I have more understanding than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my meditation.
  • Ps 119:111 : 111 I have inherited Your testimonies forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
  • Prov 2:1-6 : 1 My son, if you accept my words and treasure my commands with you, 2 making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding, 3 if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding, 4 if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures, 5 then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God. 6 For the Lord gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
  • Prov 8:33-34 : 33 Listen to instruction and be wise; do not neglect it. 34 Blessed is the one who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the doorposts of my entrances.
  • Isa 1:1 : 1 The vision of Isaiah, son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem during the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
  • Luke 3:4 : 4 as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: "The voice of one crying out in the wilderness, 'Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.'"
  • Luke 4:17 : 17 The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. Unrolling it, He found the place where it was written:
  • John 5:39-40 : 39 You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; yet it is they that testify about me. 40 But you are unwilling to come to me so that you may have life.
  • Acts 17:11-12 : 11 The Bereans were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so. 12 As a result, many of them believed, along with a number of prominent Greek women and men.
  • Acts 28:25 : 25 They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: 'The Holy Spirit was right in speaking to your ancestors through the prophet Isaiah:'
  • Col 3:16 : 16 Let the word of Christ dwell richly among you, teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.
  • 2 Tim 3:15-17 : 15 And from childhood you have known the sacred Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is God-breathed and useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 so that the servant of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

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  • Acts 8:25-27
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    25 When they had testified and proclaimed the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the good news to many Samaritan villages.

    26 Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, 'Get up and go south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.' (This is a desert road.)

    27 So he got up and went. There he met an Ethiopian man, a eunuch and an important official in charge of all the treasury of the queen of the Ethiopians, known as Candace, who had gone to Jerusalem to worship.

  • Acts 8:29-40
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    29 The Spirit said to Philip, 'Go up to that chariot and stay near it.'

    30 Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. He asked, 'Do you understand what you are reading?'

    31 The man replied, 'How can I understand unless someone guides me?' And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

    32 The passage of Scripture he was reading was this: 'Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter, and like a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he did not open his mouth.'

    33 In his humiliation justice was taken away from him. Who can speak of his descendants? For his life was taken from the earth.

    34 The eunuch said to Philip, 'I ask you, who is the prophet talking about? Himself or someone else?'

    35 Then Philip began to speak, and starting from this Scripture, he preached to him the good news about Jesus.

    36 As they traveled along the road, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, 'Look, here is water! What is stopping me from being baptized?'

    37 Philip said, 'If you believe with all your heart, you may.' The eunuch answered, 'I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.'

    38 He ordered the chariot to stop, and both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.

    39 When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord took Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him again, but went on his way rejoicing.

    40 Philip, however, was found at Azotus, and as he traveled, he preached the good news in all the towns until he reached Caesarea.

  • Acts 8:5-9
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    5 Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed Christ to them.

    6 The crowds, united in one mind, paid close attention to what Philip was saying as they heard and saw the miraculous signs he was performing.

    7 For many who were possessed by unclean spirits were freed as the spirits came out, crying out in a loud voice, and many who were paralyzed or lame were healed.

    8 So there was great joy in that city.

    9 Now there was a man named Simon who had previously practiced magic in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, claiming to be someone great.

  • Luke 4:16-17
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    16 He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. As was His custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath day and stood up to read.

    17 The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. Unrolling it, He found the place where it was written:

  • 8 The next day, we left and went to Caesarea. There we entered the house of Philip the evangelist, one of the seven, and stayed with him.

  • 16 Then Jehu said, "Come with me and see my zeal for the LORD." So he had him ride in his chariot.

  • 41 Isaiah said these things because he saw His glory and spoke about Him.

  • Acts 8:12-14
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    12 But when they believed Philip as he preached the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

    13 Even Simon himself believed, and after he was baptized, he stayed close to Philip, and he marveled as he watched the signs and miracles that were happening.

    14 When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.

  • 8 They read from the Book of the Law of God, making it clear and giving the meaning so that the people could understand what was being read.

  • 28 So Saul stayed with them and moved about freely in Jerusalem, speaking boldly in the name of the Lord.

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    35 As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging.

    36 When he heard the crowd passing by, he asked what was happening.

  • 32 When the chariot commanders realized he was not the king of Israel, they turned away from pursuing him.

  • John 1:43-44
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    43 The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip, He said to him, 'Follow Me.'

    44 Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.

  • 9 Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout aloud, Daughter Jerusalem! Look, your king is coming to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

  • 9 So Naaman went with his horses and chariots and stopped at the door of Elisha’s house.

  • 27 While talking with him, Peter went inside and found many people gathered.

  • 20 Then He rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. All the eyes in the synagogue were fixed on Him.

  • 7 When he sees chariots with pairs of horsemen, riders on donkeys, riders on camels, let him carefully listen, paying close attention.

  • 40 When Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed Him, for they were all waiting for Him.

  • 26 But Elisha said to him, 'Was my spirit not with you when the man got down from his chariot to meet you? Is this the time to take money or accept clothes, olive groves, vineyards, sheep, cattle, male servants, and female servants?'

  • 27 And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.

  • 28 After he said these things, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.

  • 23 After the man of God had finished eating and drinking, the prophet who had brought him back saddled the donkey for him.

  • 11 As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind.

  • 32 They said to each other, "Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?"

  • 4 Before Isaiah had gone out of the middle courtyard, the word of the LORD came to him:

  • 23 He replied, 'I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness, “Make straight the way for the Lord,” as the prophet Isaiah said.'

  • 30 They left the city and were coming to him.