Acts 8:28 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

²⁸ He was returning [to his home in Ethiopia] and was sitting in his chariot [Note: Chariots were stopped on long journeys occasionally for resting, eating, reading, etc.] reading [a scroll of] the prophet Isaiah.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁸ was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁸ And he was [now] returning, and sitting in his chariot he was reading the book of the prophet Isaiah.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁸ and he was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.

Common English Bible

²⁸ He was reading the prophet Isaiah while sitting in his carriage.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁸ And while returning, he was sitting upon his chariot and reading from the prophet Isaiah.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁸ And he was returning, sitting in this chariot, and reading Isaias the prophet.

Acts 8:28 Cross References

Luke 3:4

This was according to what is written in the book containing the words of Isaiah, the prophet [Isa. 40:3ff], “The voice of a man who speaks out in the desert [urging people] to make the road for the Lord ready [for Him to travel]; to make a straight pathway for Him [to walk on].

Luke 4:17

The book [i.e., actually a scroll] of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. He opened the book and found the passage where it was written [Isa. 61:1f],

Acts 28:25

And when they could not agree among themselves they left, after hearing Paul make this one [important] statement: “The Holy Spirit has spoken truthfully to your forefathers through Isaiah the prophet,

Acts 8:27

So, he went and [eventually] came across a man who was the Ethiopian Queen Candace’s treasurer. He was a high official and was also a eunuch [Note: This was a man without normal sexual activity], who had been to Jerusalem to worship [i.e., probably as a Jewish proselyte].

Acts 8:29

The Holy Spirit said to Philip, “Go on up close to the chariot.”

Colossians 3:16

You should let the message of Christ live in you abundantly [i.e., as individuals and collectively]. Use [much] wisdom in teaching and warning one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs, singing with favor [i.e., with thankfulness] in your hearts toward God.