Justin Edwards' Family Bible NT (1851)
Acts 8:32
The scripture which he read; Isaiah 53:7-8.
The scripture which he read; Isaiah 53:7-8.
Verse 32. _THE PLACE OF THE SCRIPTURE_] περιοχη της γραφης, The _section_, or _paragraph_....
THE PLACE ... - Isaiah 53:7. HE WAS LED ... - This quotation is taken literally from the Septuagint. It varies very little from the Hebrew. It has been almost universally understood that this place re...
PART II The Witness to Samaria. Saul's Conversion and Peter's Witness in Caesarea. Chapter s 8-12 CHAPTER 8 _ 1. The first great persecution (Acts 8:1)._ 2. The preaching of the scattered believ...
PHILIP AND THE ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH. Philip appears again; we are not told where, but the instruction given him by the angel shows that he was not at Jerusalem; he is to go southward (_mg._ at noon; not s...
THE FIRST OF THE MARTYRS (Acts 7:54-60 ; Acts 8:1) 8:1 As they listened to this their very hearts were torn with vexation and they gnashed their teeth at him. But he was full of the Holy Spirit and h...
The angel of the Lord spoke to Philip and said, "Rise and go to the south by the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza; that is Gaza in the desert." So he arose and went. Now, look you, an Ethiop...
THE PLACE. Now the context. Greek. _perioche._ Only here. Quoted from Isaiah 53:7, almost word for word from the Septuagint SLAUGHTER. Greek. _sphage._ Only here, Romans 8:36; James 5:5. LAMB. Greek....
_The place of the scripture_ The A. V. omits the conjunction at the beginning of this verse. Read, _Now_the place, &c. The word rendered "place" signifies the whole _context_of the passage. The eunuch...
Ἡ ΔῈ ΠΕΡΙΟΧΉ, _now the place_, &c. The word περιοχή is of rare occurrence in this sense, but Cicero uses it in _Epist. ad Attic_. XIII. 25. It means the section of a book, rather than a particular pla...
PHILIP BAPTIZES AN ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH...
_CHRIST IS PREACHED TO AN ETHIOPIAN ACTS 8:27-35:_ This account is the story of a preacher (Philip) and a sinner (the Ethiopian). When God said “go,” Philip went to do the will of the Heavenly Father....
ΠΕΡΙΟΧΉ (G321) отрывок. Эквивалент_евр._ ע?ין, обозначающему как содержание так и место отрывка (SB, 2:687-88). По поводу Ис. 53 _см._ SB, 1:481; Luke 24:25-27; JIU, 90-93. ΆΝΕΓΊΝΩΣΚΕΝ _impf. ind. ac...
D. THE LATER WORK OF PHILIP. Acts 8:26-40. 1. ON THE ROAD FROM JERUSALEM TO GAZA. Acts 8:26-39. Acts 8:26 But an angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto th...
See notes on verse 31...
The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth: THE PLACE, [ periochee (G4042)] - the...
26 It is notable that the messenger, or angel, who spoke to Philip is also called "the spirit" (29) and "the spirit of the Lord" (39). This suggests that these expressions may refer to created beings...
8:32 this. (b-11) See Isaiah 53:7-8 , LXX....
PHILIP IN SAMARIA. SIMON MAGUS The graphic details of the ministry of Philip which follow, were doubtless obtained from Philip himself. St. Luke stayed at his house at Cæsarea, and made the acquaintan...
See Isaiah 53:7; (LXX). Isaiah is speaking of the suffering Servant of Jehovah, whom the Apostolic Church rightly identified with Jesus the Messiah....
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 8 SAUL *PERSECUTES THE CHRISTIANS, 8:1-4 V1 Saul approved of Stephen’s murder. That same day, the Christians in *Jerusalem suffered very much....
THE PLACE OF THE SCRIPTURE WHICH HE READ. — The word for “place” is apparently used as an equivalent for the Hebrew _Parashah,_ or _Haphtarah,_ which were technically used for the sections of the Law...
περιοχὴ τῆς γραφῆς “the contents of the passage of Scripture” _i.e._, the one particular passage, Isaiah 53:7-8 (so Meyer-Wendt, Holtzmann, Hackett), _cf._ Acts 1:16, and 1 Peter 2:6 : περιέχει ἐν τῇ...
WINNING A TRAVELER Acts 8:26-40 From the great city revival in Samaria Philip was led to the desert to minister to one seeking soul. It seems strange that God should be able to spare him from his bus...
The popular outburst against Christianity evidenced in the martyrdom of Stephen was general. Members of the Church at Jerusalem were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. How dark the day seemed to...
Preaching to the Ethiopian At this point, Luke told Theophilus that Philip was directed by an angel of the Lord to go south to a place along the Jerusalem to Gaza road where no people lived. When an i...
(12) The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth: (12) Those things which seem to co...
_As a sheep, or a lamb, &c. The eunuch, by divine Providence, was now reading the 53d chap. of Isaias, which is of Christ, and his sufferings. --- In humility his judgment was taken away. The sense se...
THE CONVERSION OF THE ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH 26-40. After the apostles have completed their Samaritan tour and returned to Jerusalem, leaving Philip surrounded by hosts of his converts pressing the battle,...
And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert. (27) And he arose and went: and, behold, a m...
We are now arrived at a turning-point in the history, not merely of the church, but of the unfolding of the truth of God, and the manifestation of His ways. The death of Stephen, therefore, has in var...
32._The sentence of Scripture. _It is properly a text or _period. _Let us know that he lighted not upon this place by chance but that it came to pass by the wonderful providence of God, that Philip sh...
Saul was present at Stephen's death, and consenting to it. [14] This is the end of the first phase of the assembly of God its history in immediate connection with Jerusalem and the Jews, as the centre...
THE PLACE OF THE SCRIPTURE WHICH HE READ WAS THIS,.... Or the paragraph or section of Scripture; that part of it in which he was reading was Isaiah 53:7 which shows, that by this time the Scriptures w...
The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth: Ver. 32. _The place of the Scripture_]...
_The place_ Η περιοχη, _the portion_, or _paragraph, of the Scripture which he read was, He was led_, &c. These words were taken from Isaiah 53:8; where, that the prophet speaks of Christ, no Christia...
The text from Isaiah:...
THE PLACE OF THE SCRIPTURE WHICH HE READ WAS THIS, HE WAS LED AS A LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER; AND LIKE A LAMB DUMB BEFORE HIS SHEARER, SO OPENED HE NOT HIS MOUTH;...
As a wild beast tasting blood, the Jews were the more inflamed by the martyrdom of Stephen to greatly persecute the Church of God at Jerusalem. For this reason believers were scattered through Judea a...
THE PLACE IN THE SCRIPTURE WHICH HE READ WAS THIS: "_ HE WAS LED AS A SHEEP TO THE SLAUGHTER; AND AS A LAMB BEFORE ITS SHEARER IS SILENT, SO HE OPENED NOT HIS MOUTH._ 33_ In His humiliation His_ _jus...
Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this, He was led as. sheep to the slaughter; And as. lamb before his shearer is dumb, So he openeth not his mouth: 'WAS THIS'-Notice the detai...
26-40 Philip was directed to go to a desert. Sometimes God opens a door of opportunity to his ministers in very unlikely places. We should study to do good to those we come into company with by trave...
God's providence is remarkable, that the eunuch should be reading this very scripture, which contains such fundamental truths, and which he had most need for to be informed of. The words referred unto...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III But again: Whom did Philip preach to the eunuch of the queen of the Ethiopians, returning from Jerusalem, and reading Esaias the prophet, when he and this man were...
Acts 8:32 G1161 place G4042 Scripture G1124 which G3739 read G314 (G5707) was G2258 (G5713) this...
‘Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this, “He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; And as a lamb before his shearer is dumb, So he opens not his mouth. In his humiliation his ju...
THE MINISTRY OF PHILIP TO THE ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH (8:26-39). Meanwhile God was now satisfied that the Samaritan church was sufficiently equipped to carry on and He calls Philip elsewhere to where there i...
Acts 8:32. THE PLACE OF THE SCRIPTURE WHICH HE READ WAS THIS. HE WAS LED AS A SHEEP TO THE SLAUGHTER; AND LIKE A LAMB DUMB BEFORE HIS SHEARER, SO OPENED HE NOT HIS MOUTH. The whole passage (Acts 8:32-...
THE PLACE (ε περιοχη). See the verb περιεχε so used in 1 Peter 2:6. The word is used either of the section as in Codex A before the beginning of Mark or the contents of a passage. He was here readi...
Acts 8:4. _Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word. Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them. And the people with one accord ga...
Stephen had been stoned to death; but with his latest breath he prayed for his murderers. Then this chapter begins: Acts 8:1. _And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a gre...
CONTENTS: Saul persecuting Christians. The first missionaries. The case of Simon, the sorcerer. Philip and the Ethiopian. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Saul, Stephen, Philip, Simon, apostles,...
Acts 8:1. _At that time there was a great persecution against the church._ With regard to this very tremendous storm which suddenly burst on the infant church, Cardinal Baronius, in his Ecclesiastical...
32-33. THE PASSAGE OF SCRIPTURE. Isaiah 53:7-8 from the Septuagint. This quotation from Isaiah shows the voluntary sacrifice which Christ would make; the wickedness and guilt of the people who killed...
_The place of the Scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter … Then Philip … began at the same Scripture and preached unto him Jesus._ PHILIP’S SERMON I. The text. “He...
_And Philip ran … and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?_ UNDERSTANDING THE WORD 1. Notice the preliminary fact that the Scriptures challenge investigation. “Let us reason together,” says I...
_And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go._ MAN VERSUS ANGEL Why didn’t the angel go himself? Because this was a mission where a man was worth more than an angel. In the Lor...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 8:18. AND WHEN SIMON SAW.—Most likely through hearing the baptised speak with tongues. HE OFFERED THEM MONEY.—From Simon’s name and proposal arose the expression “Simony” for...
EXPOSITION ACTS 8:1 _There arose on that day _for _at that time there was, _A.V._; in _for _at, _A.V. SAUL WAS CONSENTING TO HIS DEATH. St. Paul's repeated reference to this sad episode in his life i...
We are introduced now to one of the chief persecutors. A zealous young Jew, a Pharisee of the Pharisees, whose name is Saul. And he was standing by, consenting to the death of Stephen, holding the coa...
1 Peter 1:19; 1 Peter 2:21; Isaiah 53:7; Isaiah 53:8; Jeremiah 11:19
The place of the scripture [η π ε ρ ι ο χ η τ η ς γ ρ α φ η ς]. Strictly, the contents of the passage. See on Mark 12:10; 1 Peter 2:6. He read. Rev., correctly, was reading; imperfect....
THE ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH Acts 8:26 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The subject of our sermon today, is "The Ethiopian Eunuch." There is a wonderful vision of God given in the 68th Psalm. After the Prophet has ascrib...
The portion of Scripture — By reading that very chapter, Isaiah 53:1, many Jews, yea, and atheists, have been converted. Some of them history records. God knoweth them all. Isaiah 53:7...
Observe here, 1. The particular text of holy scripture which God directed the eunuch to read in order to his conversion; It was. prophecy of Christ the promised Messias, recorded in Isaiah 53: HE WAS...