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Verse 30. _HEARD HIM READ THE PROPHET ESAIAS_] The eunuch, it seems,
was reading aloud, and apparently in _Greek_, for that was the common
language in Egypt; and, indeed, almost in every place it was...
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AND PHILIP RAN ... - Indicating his haste and his desire to obey the
suggestions of the Spirit. A thousand difficulties might have been
started in the mind of Philip if he had reflected a little. The...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_And Philip ran thither to him_ Better, _ran up_. There is only the
verb in the Greek.
_Understandest thou_, &c. Philip's question refers to the application
of the words. Of their reference to Jesus...
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ἩΣΑΪ́ΑΝ ΤῸΝ ΠΡΟΦΉΤΗΝ with אABC. _Vulg_. has
‘Isaïam prophetam.’
30. ΠΡΟΣΔΡΑΜῺΝ ΔΈ, _and having run up_, i.e. to overtake
and get near the chariot.
ἎΡΆ ΓΕ ΓΙΝΏΣΚΕΙΣ, _dost thou understand?_ i.e. how...
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PHILIP BAPTIZES AN ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH...
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_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....
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ΠΡΟΣΔΡΑΜΏΝ _aor. act. part._ (сопутств.) от
ΠΡΟΣΤΡΈΧΩ (G4370) подбегать,
ΉΚΟΥΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act._ с _gen., см._ Acts 8:6.
ΆΡ (G687) вопросительная частица с
усилительной частицей ΓΕ (G1065)
указывае...
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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...
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30. The purpose of the angel's visit and the Spirit's miraculous
communication was now accomplished. (30) "_Then Philip ran to him, and
heard him reading the Prophet Isaiah, and said, Do you understan...
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And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias,
and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
AND PHILIP RAN THERE TO HIM, AND HEARD HIM READ THE PROPHET ESAIAS,
AND SAID, U...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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UNDERSTANDEST THOU WHAT THOU READEST? — The Greek play upon the word
for understand (_Ginôskein_) and read (_Anaginôskein_) cannot well
be produced in English, but is worth noting as parallel to a lik...
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προσδραμὼν δὲ : rightly taken to indicate the eagerness
with which Philip obeyed. Αρά γε the γε strengthens the
ἆρα, dost thou really understand? _num igitur?_ ἆρα without
γε is only found elsewhere i...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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AND PHILIP RAN THITHER TO HIM,.... Being very ready to obey the divine
order, and hoping he might be an instrument of doing some good, which
might issue in the glory of God, and the welfare of men:
A...
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And Philip ran thither to _him_, and heard him read the prophet
Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
Ver. 30. _And heard him read_] He read as he rode. Pliny was always
reading or...
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_Then the Spirit_ By that secret suggestion which inspired persons
could distinguish with certainty as divine revelation; _said to
Philip, Go near_ Now Philip shall know the reason of his being sent
i...
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AND PHILIP RAN THITHER TO HIM, AND HEARD HIM READ THE PROPHET ESAIAS,
AND SAID, UNDERSTANDEST THOU WHAT THOU READEST?...
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The text from Isaiah:...
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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...
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SO PHILIP RAN TO HIM, AND HEARD HIM READING THE PROPHET ISAIAH, AND
SAID, " DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE READING? "
1. PHILIP RAN - He did not reluctantly walk. He did not jog. He ran!
2. HEARD HI...
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And Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and
said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
'PHILIP RAN TO HIM'-Eagerness, prompt obedience,. soul was at stake.
'HEARD HIM READI...
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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...
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PHILIP RAN THITHER TO HIM; hastening to obey the Divine command, and
coveting to gain a soul. HEARD HIM READ THE PROPHET ESAIAS, with a
loud voice, it is like, to instruct some of his attendants.
UNDE...
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30. The purpose of the angel's visit and the Spirit's miraculous
communication was now accomplished. (30) " Then Philip ran to him, and
heard him reading the Prophet Isaiah, and said, Do you understan...
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Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I
And as the receiving of good is abolished if we abolish the doing of
good; so obedience and faith are abolished when neither the command,
nor one to expound the...
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Acts 8:30 So G1161 Philip G5376 him G4370 (G5631) heard G191 (G5656)
him G846 reading G314 ...
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‘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 gath...
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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...
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Acts 8:30-31. UNDERSTANDEST THOU WHAT THOU READEST? The last division
of the prophecy of Isaiah contains a description of the ‘servant of
the Lord.' A famous enemy of Christianity has complained that...
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UNDERSTANDEST THOU WHAT THOU READEST?
(Αρα γε γινωσκεις α αναγινωσκεισ?) The
interrogative particle αρα and the intensive particle γε indicate
doubt on Philip's part. The play (παρανομασια) upon th...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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THE HOLY SPIRIT SAID TO PHILIP. Notice the Spirit sends Philip to this
man....
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_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...
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_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...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 8:30 People usually read aloud in those days, so
Philip would recognize that the eunuch was reading Isaiah 53:7....
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 14:19; Acts 8:27; Ecclesiastes 9:10; Ephesians 5:17;...
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Understandest thou what thou readest [α ρ α γ ε γ ι ν ω σ κ
ε ι ς α α ν α γ ι ν ω σ κ ε ι ς]; The play upon the
words cannot be translated. The interrogative particles which begin
the question indicat...
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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...
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And Philip running to him, said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
— He did not begin about the weather, news, or the like. In speaking
for God, we may frequently come to the point at once, withou...