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andτεhe wasἦνreturningὑποστρέφωνandκαὶsittingκαθήμενοςinἐπὶhis chariot,τοῦ ἅρματος αὐτοῦandκαὶhe was readingἀνεγίνωσκενthe prophetτὸν προφήτηνIsaiah.Ἠσαΐαν
Acts 8:28
Study it in the app“and he was returning and sitting in his chariot, and he was reading the prophet Isaiah.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 8:28, word by word
- he wasἦνēn
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ēn” appears- returningὑποστρέφωνhypostrephōn
return, turn back
Return, turn back, go back to where one came from.
Where else “hypostrephōn” appears- sittingκαθήμενοςkathēmenos
sit
To be seated somewhere, or riding on an animal.
Where else “kathēmenos” appears- his chariotἅρματοςharmatos
chariot
Chariot.
Where else “harmatos” appears- he was readingἀνεγίνωσκενaneginōsken
read
Read.
Where else “aneginōsken” appears- the prophetπροφήτηνprophētēn
prophet
Someone who speaks for God.
Where else “prophētēn” appears- IsaiahἨσαΐανĒsaian
Isaiah
Isaiah, the prophet of Judah whose book announces the Messiah and God's salvation.
Where else “Ēsaian” appears
The context
27And he got up and went. And look, an Ethiopian man, a eunuch, an official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasury, who had come to Jerusalem to worship,
28 · This verse (above)
29And the Spirit said to Philip, “Go over and join this chariot.”
To study Acts 8 in a group
1. What it says
What is the Ethiopian eunuch reading in his chariot, and what does Philip do when he approaches? (vv. 27-35)
2. What it means
The eunuch asks whom the prophet is speaking about and admits he needs a guide. Why is it valuable to ask? (vv. 30-34)
3. How I live it
Who has helped you understand something difficult? How can you explain patiently to someone who asks you?