Acts 8:30
So Philip ran up to it and heard the man reading the prophet Isaiah. He asked him,“Do you understand what you’re reading?”
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- Ps 119:32 : 32 I run along the path of your commands, for you enable me to do so.
- Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, because there is neither work nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom in the grave, the place where you will eventually go.
- Matt 13:19 : 19 When anyone hears the word about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches what was sown in his heart; this is the seed sown along the path.
- Matt 13:23 : 23 But as for the seed sown on good soil, this is the person who hears the word and understands. He bears fruit, yielding a hundred, sixty, or thirty times what was sown.”
- Matt 13:51 : 51 “Have you understood all these things?” They replied,“Yes.”
- Matt 15:10 : 10 True Defilement Then he called the crowd to him and said,“Listen and understand.
- Matt 24:15 : 15 The Abomination of Desolation“So when you see the abomination of desolation– spoken about by Daniel the prophet– standing in the holy place”(let the reader understand),
- Mark 13:14 : 14 The Abomination of Desolation“But when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be”(let the reader understand),“then those in Judea must flee to the mountains.
- Luke 24:44-45 : 44 Jesus’ Final Commission Then he said to them,“These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled.” 45 Then he opened their minds so they could understand the scriptures,
- John 4:34 : 34 Jesus said to them,“My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to complete his work.
- John 5:39 : 39 You study the scriptures thoroughly because you think in them you possess eternal life, and it is these same scriptures that testify about me,
- 1 Cor 14:19 : 19 but in the church I want to speak five words with my mind to instruct others, rather than ten thousand words in a tongue.
- Eph 5:17 : 17 For this reason do not be foolish, but be wise by understanding what the Lord’s will is.
- Rev 13:18 : 18 This calls for wisdom: Let the one who has insight calculate the beast’s number, for it is man’s number, and his number is 666.
- Acts 8:27 : 27 So he got up and went. There he met an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasury. He had come to Jerusalem to worship,
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- Acts 8:26-294 verses89%
26 Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch Then an angel of the Lord said to Philip,“Get up and go south on 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 eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasury. He had come to Jerusalem to worship,
28 and was returning home, sitting in his chariot, reading the prophet Isaiah.
29 Then the Spirit said to Philip,“Go over and join this chariot.”
- Acts 8:31-366 verses87%
31 The man replied,“How in the world can I, unless someone guides me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
32 Now the passage of scripture the man was reading was this:“He was led like a sheep to slaughter, and like a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he did not open his mouth.
33 In humiliation justice was taken from him. Who can describe his posterity? For his life was taken away from the earth.”
34 Then the eunuch said to Philip,“Please tell me, who is the prophet saying this about– himself or someone else?”
35 So Philip started speaking, and beginning with this scripture proclaimed the good news about Jesus to him.
36 Now as they were going along the road, they came to some water, and the eunuch said,“Look, there is water! What is to stop me from being baptized?”
- Acts 8:38-403 verses78%
38 So he ordered the chariot to stop, and both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.
39 Now when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him any more, but went on his way rejoicing.
40 Philip, however, found himself at Azotus, and as he passed through the area, he proclaimed the good news to all the towns until he came to Caesarea.
- Acts 8:5-62 verses75%
5 Philip went down to the main city of Samaria and began proclaiming the Christ to them.
6 The crowds were paying attention with one mind to what Philip said, as they heard and saw the miraculous signs he was performing.
- John 1:43-464 verses72%
43 The Calling of More Disciples On the next day Jesus wanted to set out for Galilee. He found Philip and said to him,“Follow me.”
44 (Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the town of Andrew and Peter.)
45 Philip found Nathanael and told him,“We have found the one Moses wrote about in the law, and the prophets also wrote about– Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
46 Nathanael replied,“Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip replied,“Come and see.”
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17 and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,
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26 He said to him,“What is written in the law? How do you understand it?”
- John 12:21-222 verses71%
21 So these approached Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and requested,“Sir, we would like to see Jesus.”
22 Philip went and told Andrew, and they both went and told Jesus.
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9 He said,“Go and tell these people:‘Listen continually, but don’t understand! Look continually, but don’t perceive!’
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26 when he said,‘Go to this people and say,“You will keep on hearing, but will never understand, and you will keep on looking, but will never perceive.
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8 They read from the book of God’s law, explaining it and imparting insight. Thus the people gained understanding from what was read.
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48 Nathanael asked him,“How do you know me?” Jesus replied,“Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.”
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41 Isaiah said these things because he saw Christ’s glory, and spoke about him.
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5 Then Jesus, when he looked up and saw that a large crowd was coming to him, said to Philip,“Where can we buy bread so that these people may eat?”
- John 14:8-92 verses68%
8 Philip said,“Lord, show us the Father, and we will be content.”
9 Jesus replied,“Have I been with you for so long, and you have not known me, Philip? The person who has seen me has seen the Father! How can you say,‘Show us the Father’?
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21 Then he said to them,“Do you still not understand?”
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6 But stand up and enter the city and you will be told what you must do.”
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45 Then he opened their minds so they could understand the scriptures,
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8 On the next day we left and came to Caesarea, and entered the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him.
- Acts 8:13-142 verses68%
13 Even Simon himself believed, and after he was baptized, he stayed close to Philip constantly, and when he saw the signs and great miracles that were occurring, he was amazed.
14 Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.
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12 Or when they hand the scroll to one who can’t read and say,“Read this,” he says,“I can’t read.”
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14 And concerning them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says:‘You will listen carefully yet will never understand, you will look closely yet will never comprehend.
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38 so that the word of the prophet Isaiah would be fulfilled. He said,“Lord, who has believed our message, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”
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23 John said,“I am the voice of one shouting in the wilderness,‘Make straight the way for the Lord,’ as the prophet Isaiah said.”
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8 I answered,‘Who are you, Lord?’ He said to me,‘I am Jesus the Nazarene, whom you are persecuting.’
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37 When John’s two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus.
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7 who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. The proconsul summoned Barnabas and Saul and wanted to hear the word of God.
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32 They said to each other,“Didn’t our hearts burn within us while he was speaking with us on the road, while he was explaining the scriptures to us?”
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17 This fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah:
- Acts 17:19-202 verses67%
19 So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, saying,“May we know what this new teaching is that you are proclaiming?
20 For you are bringing some surprising things to our ears, so we want to know what they mean.”
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36 When he heard a crowd going by, he asked what was going on.