Acts 8:31 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

³¹ And the man replied, “How can I, except with someone’s guidance?” Then he urged Philip to come and sit with him [in the chariot].

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³¹ And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³¹ And he said, How is it possible for me to do so unless someone explains it to me and guides me [in the right way]? And he earnestly requested Philip to come up and sit beside him.

American Standard Version (1901)

³¹ And he said, How can I, except some one shall guide me? And he besought Philip to come up and sit with him.

Common English Bible

³¹ The man replied, “Without someone to guide me, how could I?” Then he invited Philip to climb up and sit with him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³¹ And he said, "But how can I, unless someone will have revealed it to me?" And he asked Philip to climb up and sit with him.

Acts 8:31 Cross References

Mark 10:15

Truly I tell you, whoever does not welcome the kingdom of God as a little child does, that person will by no means enter it.”

Acts 8:30

So, Philip ran over to it and [when he got near enough] he heard the Ethiopian eunuch reading from Isaiah the prophet and asked him, “Do you understand what you are reading?”

Acts 8:32

Now the passage of Scripture he was reading said [Isa. 53:7ff], “He was led out to be slaughtered as a sheep; He made no sound, just like a lamb when it was being sheared.

Romans 10:14

[But] how can they appeal to Him if they have not [first] believed in Him? And how can they believe in Him if they have not [first] heard [about Him]? And how can they hear [about Him] if there is no preacher?

1 Corinthians 3:18

No one should fool himself. If any person among you thinks he is smart, by human standards, he should become a “fool,” so that he can become [really] wise.

1 Corinthians 8:2

If anyone thinks he knows something, he [really] does not know as much as he ought to.

James 1:10

And the wealthy person [should be happy] that he is humbled [by God], because he will pass away like a flower [blossoming] from grass.

James 1:21

Therefore, you should put away [from you] all moral filth and overflowing wickedness and humbly receive the word [of God], planted within you [by the Holy Spirit. See John 16:8], which is capable of saving your souls.