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Acts 8:30Acts.8.30

And Philip ran thither to [him], and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?

KJV

Greek original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Philippe accourut, et entendit l'Ethiopien qui lisait le prophète Esaïe. Il lui dit: Comprends-tu ce que tu lis?

KJV

And Philip ran thither to [him], and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?

Patristic reading

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  • Eusebius of Caesarea

    Historia Ecclesiastica

    φωραθεὶς ὃς ἢν, τὴν προσήκουσαν ἔτισεν τιμωρίαν. ἀλλὰ γὰρ εἰς αὔξην ὁσημέραι προἰ·όντος τοῦ σωτηρίου Acts 8, 26–38 κηρύγματος, οἰκονομία τις ἦγεν ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς τῆς αὐτόθι βσαιλίδος, κατά τι πάτριον ἔθος ὑπὸ γυναικὸς τοῦ ἔθνους εἰς ἔτι νῦν βασιλευομένου, δυνάστην· ὃν πρῶτον ἐξ ἐθνῶν…
  • Origen

    In Jeremiam (Homiliae 1-11)

    ε λέγει κύριος ἐπὶ τοὺς ἄνδρας Ἀναθὼθ τοὺς ζητοῦντας τὴν ψυχήν μου, τοὺς λέγοντας· οὐ μὴ προ- 7 Vgl. Act. 8, 30. — 12 Joh. 12, 24. — 14ff. Vgl. Matth. 13, 8. — 16f. Vgl. Job. 12, 24. — 18 Joh. 12, 24. — 25ff. Vgl. Luk. 21, 20. — 27 Matth. 23, 38. 1/2 διὰ τοῦτο] tunc Η | 3/4 καὶ —…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 181 (Migne)

    asne intelligis, quae legis? respondit: Et quomodo possum intelligere nisi aliquis ostenderit mihi (Act. VIII, 30) .» Lingua ipsorum siti aruit, quia sermo veritatis ab ore eorum prae ignorantia recessit. Vel per diversos magistros et per diversa philosophorum dogmata quaerebant…

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