acts-8:26-40,-hebrews-11:32

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 8:26

(26) And the angel of the Lord . . .—Better, an angel. The tense of the verbs in the preceding verse, in the better MSS., implies that the events that follow synchronised with the journey of Peter and John through Samaria. The journey which Philip was commanded to take led him by a quicker route across country into the main road from Jerusalem to Gaza. The history of the city so named (appearing at times in the English version—Deuteronomy 2:23; 1 Kings 4:24; Jeremiah 25:20—as Azzah) goes even... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 8:27

(27) 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 upper valley of the Nile. Its connection with the Jewish people presents many points of interest. There seems reason to believe that in the time of Manasseh, who (according to the statement in the narrative of Aristeas as to the LXX. translation) formed an alliance with Psammetichus king of Egypt,... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 8:28

(28) Sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet.—After the manner of most Eastern nations, to whom silent reading is almost unknown, the eunuch was reading aloud. Philip heard him, and so gained an opening for conversation. Was the roll of Isaiah a new-found treasure? Had he bought the MS. in Jerusalem, and was he reading the wonderful utterances for the first time? The whole narrative implies that he was reading the LXX. version. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 8:29

(29) Join thyself to this chariot.—The act implied is that of laying hold and, as it were, attaching himself to the chariot in which the eunuch rode. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 8:30

(30) 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 like play in the well-known saying of the Emperor Julian (Anegnôn; egnôn; kategnôn)—“I read; I understood; I condemned.” read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 8:31

(31) How can I, except some man should guide me?—The words of the inquirer imply, as has been said above, that the prophecy was new to him. It is as though, in turning over, or perhaps unrolling, the MS., this was the passage which, in its strange, touching portraiture of the Man of Sorrows, had riveted his attention, and on which he was consequently dwelling with the prayer that some authorised interpreter would unfold its meaning. The word for “guide” connects itself with the title of “a... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 8:32

(32) 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 and Prophets respectively appointed for use as lessons in the synagogue services. It was in common use among the Greek writers, and was adopted by Cicero (Ep. ad Att. xiii. 25).He was led as a sheep to the slaughter.—We may venture, taking as our guide the statement in Acts 8:35 that Philip... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 8:33

(33) In his humiliation his judgment was taken away.—The Hebrew runs, as in the English version of Isaiah 53:8, which fairly represents its natural construction, “He was taken from prison (or oppression) and from judgment,” i.e., was delivered from His sufferings just when they seemed to culminate. A different meaning has, however, been given to the Hebrew preposition by many scholars, who render the words, “Through oppression and [unjust] judgment He was taken away”—i.e., He was the victim of... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 8:34

(34) Of himself, or of some other man?—Later interpreters, some of them ascribing the whole of the second half of Isaiah’s prophecies (Acts 40-66) to a great unknown writer living towards the close of the Babylonian Exile, have given very different answers to the question which the eunuch asked. They have seen in the righteous sufferer of Isaiah 53:0 either the delineation of the character of Jeremiah as the greatest sufferer of all the prophets, or of the righteous few who were sharers in his... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 8:35

(35) Philip opened his mouth.—The phrase, wherever it occurs in the New Testament, implies something like a set discourse. (Comp. Acts 10:34; Acts 18:14; Matthew 5:2; Matthew 13:35; 2 Corinthians 6:11). It always means something more than the mere act of speaking.And preached unto him Jesus.—The sequel shows that the teaching must have included, not only an interpretation of the prophecy as fulfilled in Christ, but instruction as to the outward condition of admission to the society of the... read more

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 8:26

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 8:27

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 8:28

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 8:29

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 8:30

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 8:31

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 8:32

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 8:33

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 8:34

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 8:35

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