Acts 8:30

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and Philip having run near, heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said, `Dost thou then know what thou dost read?'

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  • Ps 119:32 : 32 The way of Thy commands I run, For Thou dost enlarge my heart!
  • Eccl 9:10 : 10 All that thy hand findeth to do, with thy power do, for there is no work, and device, and knowledge, and wisdom in Sheol whither thou art going.
  • Matt 13:19 : 19 Every one hearing the word of the reign, and not understanding -- the evil one doth come, and doth catch that which hath been sown in his heart; this is that sown by the way.
  • Matt 13:23 : 23 `And that sown on the good ground: this is he who is hearing the word, and is understanding, who indeed doth bear fruit, and doth make, some indeed a hundredfold, and some sixty, and some thirty.'
  • Matt 13:51 : 51 Jesus saith to them, `Did ye understand all these?' They say to him, `Yes, sir.'
  • Matt 15:10 : 10 And having called near the multitude, he said to them, `Hear and understand:
  • Matt 24:15 : 15 `Whenever, therefore, ye may see the abomination of the desolation, that was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (whoever is reading let him observe)
  • Mark 13:14 : 14 `And when ye may see the abomination of the desolation, that was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (whoever is reading let him understand), then those in Judea, let them flee to the mountains;
  • Luke 24:44-45 : 44 and he said to them, `These `are' the words that I spake unto you, being yet with you, that it behoveth to be fulfilled all the things that are written in the Law of Moses, and the Prophets, and the Psalms, about me.' 45 Then opened he up their understanding to understand the Writings,
  • John 4:34 : 34 Jesus saith to them, `My food is, that I may do the will of Him who sent me, and may finish His work;
  • John 5:39 : 39 `Ye search the Writings, because ye think in them to have life age-during, and these are they that are testifying concerning me;
  • 1 Cor 14:19 : 19 but in an assembly I wish to speak five words through my understanding, that others also I may instruct, rather than myriads of words in an `unknown' tongue.
  • Eph 5:17 : 17 because of this become not fools, but -- understanding what `is' the will of the Lord,
  • Rev 13:18 : 18 Here is the wisdom! He who is having the understanding, let him count the number of the beast, for the number of a man it is, and its number `is' 666.
  • Acts 8:27 : 27 And having arisen, he went on, and lo, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch, a man of rank, of Candace the queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to worship to Jerusalem;

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  • Acts 8:26-29
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    26And a messenger of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, `Arise, and go on toward the south, on the way that is going down from Jerusalem to Gaza,' -- this is desert.

    27And having arisen, he went on, and lo, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch, a man of rank, of Candace the queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to worship to Jerusalem;

    28he was also returning, and is sitting on his chariot, and he was reading the prophet Isaiah.

    29And the Spirit said to Philip, `Go near, and be joined to this chariot;'

  • Acts 8:31-40
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    31and he said, `Why, how am I able, if some one may not guide me?' he called Philip also, having come up, to sit with him.

    32And the contents of the Writing that he was reading was this: `As a sheep unto slaughter he was led, and as a lamb before his shearer dumb, so he doth not open his mouth;

    33in his humiliation his judgment was taken away, and his generation -- who shall declare? because taken from the earth is his life.'

    34And the eunuch answering Philip said, `I pray thee, about whom doth the prophet say this? about himself, or about some other one?'

    35and Philip having opened his mouth, and having begun from this Writing, proclaimed good news to him -- Jesus.

    36And as they were going on the way, they came upon a certain water, and the eunuch said, `Lo, water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?'

    37`And Philip said, `If thou dost believe out of all the heart, it is lawful;' and he answering said, `I believe Jesus Christ to be the Son of God;''

    38and he commanded the chariot to stand still, and they both went down to the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him;

    39and when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, and the eunuch saw him no more, for he was going on his way rejoicing;

    40and Philip was found at Azotus, and passing through, he was proclaiming good news to all the cities, till his coming to Cesarea.

  • Acts 8:5-6
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    5And Philip having gone down to a city of Samaria, was preaching to them the Christ,

    6the multitudes also were giving heed to the things spoken by Philip, with one accord, in their hearing and seeing the signs that he was doing,

  • John 1:43-46
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    43On the morrow, he willed to go forth to Galilee, and he findeth Philip, and saith to him, `Be following me.'

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

    45Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith to him, `Him of whom Moses wrote in the Law, and the prophets, we have found, Jesus the son of Joseph, who `is' from Nazareth;'

    46and Nathanael said to him, `Out of Nazareth is any good thing able to be?' Philip said to him, `Come and see.'

  • Luke 4:17
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    17and there was given over to him a roll of Isaiah the prophet, and having unfolded the roll, he found the place where it hath been written:

  • Luke 10:26
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    26And he said unto him, `In the law what hath been written? how dost thou read?'

  • John 12:21-22
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    21these then came near to Philip, who `is' from Bethsaida of Galilee, and were asking him, saying, `Sir, we wish to see Jesus;'

    22Philip cometh and telleth Andrew, and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus.

  • Isa 6:9
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    9And He saith, `Go, and thou hast said to this people, Hear ye -- to hear, and ye do not understand, And see ye -- to see, and ye do not know.

  • Acts 28:26
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    26saying, Go on unto this people and say, With hearing ye shall hear, and ye shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see, and ye shall not perceive,

  • Neh 8:8
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    8and they read in the book, in the law of God, explaining -- so as to give the meaning, and they give understanding to the convocation.

  • John 1:48
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    48Nathanael saith to him, `Whence me dost thou know?' Jesus answered and said to him, `Before Philip's calling thee -- thou being under the fig-tree -- I saw thee.'

  • John 12:41
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    41these things said Isaiah, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.

  • John 6:5
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    5Jesus then having lifted up `his' eyes and having seen that a great multitude doth come to him, saith unto Philip, `Whence shall we buy loaves, that these may eat?' --

  • John 14:8-9
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    8Philip saith to him, `Sir, shew to us the Father, and it is enough for us;'

    9Jesus saith to him, `So long time am I with you, and thou hast not known me, Philip? he who hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how dost thou say, Shew to us the Father?

  • Mark 8:21
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    21And he said to them, `How do ye not understand?'

  • Acts 9:6
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    6trembling also, and astonished, he said, `Lord, what dost thou wish me to do?' and the Lord `said' unto him, `Arise, and enter into the city, and it shall be told thee what it behoveth thee to do.'

  • Luke 24:45
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    45Then opened he up their understanding to understand the Writings,

  • Acts 21:8
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    8and on the morrow Paul and his company having gone forth, we came to Cesarea, and having entered into the house of Philip the evangelist -- who is of the seven -- we remained with him,

  • Acts 8:13-14
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    13and Simon also himself did believe, and, having been baptized, he was continuing with Philip, beholding also signs and mighty acts being done, he was amazed.

    14And the apostles in Jerusalem having heard that Samaria hath received the word of God, did send unto them Peter and John,

  • Isa 29:12
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    12And the book is given to him who hath not known books, Saying, `Read this, we pray thee,' And he hath said, `I have not known books.'

  • Matt 13:14
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    14and fulfilled on them is the prophecy of Isaiah, that saith, With hearing ye shall hear, and ye shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see, and ye shall not perceive,

  • John 12:38
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    38that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he said, `Lord, who gave credence to our report? and the arm of the Lord -- to whom was it revealed?'

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

  • Acts 22:8
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    8`And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? and he said unto me, I am Jesus the Nazarene whom thou dost persecute --

  • John 1:37
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    37and the two disciples heard him speaking, and they followed Jesus.

  • Acts 13:7
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    7who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man; this one having called for Barnabas and Saul, did desire to hear the word of God,

  • Luke 24:32
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    32And they said one to another, `Was not our heart burning within us, as he was speaking to us in the way, and as he was opening up to us the Writings?'

  • Matt 12:17
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    17that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

  • Acts 17:19-20
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    19having also taken him, unto the Areopagus they brought `him', saying, `Are we able to know what `is' this new teaching that is spoken by thee,

    20for certain strange things thou dost bring to our ears? we wish, then, to know what these things would wish to be;'

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    36and having heard a multitude going by, he was inquiring what this may be,