‘And Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, “Do you understand what you are reading?” '

The man was following the usual practise of reading aloud. And when Philip gathered that he was reading a well known passage in the prophet Isaiah he asked him whether he understood what he was reading. This was clearly intended to give the impression that he could help. Such a high personage would not expect some stranger to come up just for a chat.

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