Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Acts 8:27
Candace] The Ethiopian kingdom of Meroë lay to the S. of Egypt, and was governed by queens, whose dynastic title was 'Candace.'
Candace] The Ethiopian kingdom of Meroë lay to the S. of Egypt, and was governed by queens, whose dynastic title was 'Candace.'
Verse Acts 8:27. _A MAN OF ETHIOPIA_] ανηραιθιοψ should be translated _an_ _Ethiopian_, for the reasons given on Acts 7:2. _AN EUNUCH_] See this word interpreted, on Matthew 19:12. The term eunuch w...
A MAN OF ETHIOPIA - Gaza was near the confines between Palestine and Egypt. It was in the direct road from Jerusalem to Egypt. “Ethiopia” was one of the great kingdoms of Africa, part of which is now...
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...
BEHOLD. Greek. _idou._ App-133. OF GREAT AUTHORITY. a potentate. Greek. _dunastes._ App-98. UNDER. of. CANDACE.. title of the queens of Ethiopia. Compare Pharaoh. QUEEN. Greek. _basilissa._ Only he...
_behold, a man of Ethiopia_ It is better to supply the substantive verb here, "behold _there was_, &c." otherwise the conjunction at the commencement of the next verse is left untranslated. Ethiopia,...
The second ὃς omitted with אACD. It is unrepresented in the _Vulg_. 27. ἈΝῊΡ ΑἸΘΊΟΨ. The deletion of the second ὂς in this verse leaves the nominative with a verb to which it may be joined, which was...
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....
ΆΝΑΣΤΆΣ _aor. act. part., см._ Acts 8:26. ΈΠΟΡΕΎΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. (dep.), см._ Acts 8:26. ΑΊΘΊΟΨ (G128) эфиоп. Эфиопия соответствует современному Судану (Barrett), ΕΎΝΟΎΧΟΣ (G2135) кастрат, евнух,...
A MAN OF ETHIOPIA, AN EUNUCH, &C.— A certain _Ethiopian eunuch, a grandee of Candace,_ &c. See the note on Genesis 37:36. It appears that _Candace_ was a name common to several of the queens who reign...
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...
27, 28. Philip promptly obeyed the command of the angel, and was soon in close proximity to the intended convert, though, as yet, he knew nothing of him. (27) "_He arose and went; and behold a man of...
And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to wor...
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...
8:27 Ethiopian, (a-10) Lit. 'a man, an Ethiopian.'...
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....
A MAN OF ETHIOPIA, AN EUNUCH OF GREAT AUTHORITY. — Literally, _a eunuch, a potentate._ The Ethiopia from which the traveller came was the region so named by the geographers of St. Luke’s time in the u...
CHAPTER 20 EVANGELISTIC WORK IN THE PHILISTINES' LAND. Acts 8:26; Acts 9:32 I HAVE; united these two incidents, the conversion of the Ethiopian eunuch and the mission of St. Peter to the people of L...
καὶ ἀναστὰς ἐπορεύθη : immediate and implicit obedience. καὶ ἰδού, see on Acts 1:11; _cf._ Hort, _Ecclesia_, p. 179, on the force of the phrase; used characteristically by St. Luke of sudden and as it...
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...
And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch (i) of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to...
_An eunuch. It is likely a proselyte converted to the Jewish religion. He shews his zeal and devotion, says St. John Chrysostom, not only by coming to Jerusalem, but by reading the prophets in his cha...
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...
27._Behold, a man, an Ethiopian. _He calleth him a man, who he saith shortly after was an eunuch; but because kings and queens in the East were wont to appoint eunuchs over their weighty affairs, ther...
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...
AND HE AROSE AND WENT,.... As soon as he had his orders, he immediately obeyed them; he made no dispute about the matter, though he was directed only part of his way, and had no account of what he wen...
And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to wors...
_And_ After the important affairs above mentioned were despatched at Samaria, and a church was established there, and supplied with proper pastors and teachers; _the angel of the Lord spake unto Phili...
ETHIOPIA; a country south of Egypt. TO WORSHIP; this showed that he was either a Jew or a proselyte to the Jewish religion....
AND HE AROSE AND WENT; AND, BEHOLD, A MAN OF ETHIOPIA, AN EUNUCH OF GREAT AUTHORITY UNDER CANDACE, QUEEN OF THE ETHIOPIANS, WHO HAD THE CHARGE OF ALL HER TREASURE, AND HAD COME TO JERUSALEM FOR TO WOR...
THE ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH. The divine commission to Philip:...
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...
SO HE AROSE AND WENT. AND BEHOLD, A MAN OF ETHIOPIA, A EUNUCH OF GREAT AUTHORITY UNDER CANDACE THE QUEEN OF THE ETHIOPIANS, WHO HAD CHARGE OF ALL HER TREASURY, AND HAD COME TO JERUSALEM TO WORSHIP, 1...
And he arose and went: and behold,. man of Ethiopia,. eunuch of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to Jerusalem to worship; 'HE AROSE...
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...
OLBGrk; A MAN OF ETHIOPIA: the Ethiopians were the most despicable unto the Jews; and Homer calls them, escatoi anorwn; but God would now show that there is no difference of nations with him; but in e...
27, 28. Philip promptly obeyed the command of the angel, and was soon in close proximity to the intended convert, though, as yet, he knew nothing of him. (27) "_ He arose and went; and behold a man of...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV For this reason, also, Philip, when he had discovered the eunuch of the Ethiopians' queen reading these words which had been written: "He was led as a sheep to the s...
Acts 8:27 So G2532 arose G450 (G5631) went G4198 (G5675) And G2532 behold G2400 (G5628) man...
‘And he arose and went, and behold, a man of Ethiopia, a high official (or ‘eunuch') of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to Jerusalem...
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 8:27. A MAN OF ETHIOPIA. This man was not, as some have suggested, a Jew who lived in Ethiopia, but most probably was a heathen convert to Judaism, and now was returning home from a pilgrimage to...
A EUNUCH OF GREAT AUTHORITY (ευνουχος δυναστης). Eunuchs were often employed by oriental rulers in high posts. _Dynasty_ comes from this old word δυναστης used of princes in Luke 1:52 and of God in...
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...
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...
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...
NOW AN ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH. Ethiopia was the part of Africa south of Egypt. It was common in the East to _"desex"_ strong, intelligent young men, and train them for positions of leadership. This "mutilat...
_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...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 8:26 Gaza was the last watering place before the desert on the road from Jerusalem to Egypt. Ethiopia was the ancient Nubian Kingdom, south of Aswan on the Nile. EUNUCH. In the OT an...
_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 Kings 10:1; 1 Kings 8:41; 2 Chronicles 6:32; 2 Chronicles 6:33;...
Of Ethiopia. The name for the lands lying south of Egypt, including the modern Nubia, Cordofan, and Northern Abyssinia. Rawlinson speaks of subjects of the Ethiopian queens living in an island near Me...
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...
An eunuch — Chief officers were anciently called eunuchs, though not always literally such; because such used to be chief ministers in the eastern courts. Candace, queen of the Ethiopians — So all the...