Acts 8:30

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Philip ran up close and heard the man reading aloud from the book of Isaiah. Philip asked him, “Do you understand what you are reading?”

Cross References

Psalm 119:32

I am eager to learn all that you want me to do; help me to understand more and more.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Work hard at whatever you do. You will soon go to the world of the dead, where no one works or thinks or reasons or knows anything.

Matthew 13:19

The seeds that fell along the road are the people who hear the message about the kingdom, but don't understand it. Then the evil one comes and snatches the message from their hearts.

Matthew 13:23

The seeds that fell on good ground are the people who hear and understand the message. They produce as much as a hundred or sixty or thirty times what was planted.

Matthew 13:51

Jesus asked his disciples if they understood all these things. They said, “Yes, we do.”

Matthew 15:10

Jesus called the crowd together and said, “Pay attention and try to understand what I mean.

Matthew 24:15

Some day you will see that “Horrible Thing” in the holy place, just as the prophet Daniel said. Everyone who reads this must try to understand!

Mark 13:14

Some day you will see that “Horrible Thing” where it should not be. Everyone who reads this must try to understand! If you are living in Judea at that time, run to the mountains.

John 4:34

Jesus said: My food is to do what God wants! He is the one who sent me, and I must finish the work that he gave me to do.

John 5:39

You search the Scriptures, because you think you will find eternal life in them. The Scriptures tell about me,

Acts 8:27

So Philip left. An important Ethiopian official happened to be going along that road in his chariot. He was the chief treasurer for Candace, the Queen of Ethiopia. The official had gone to Jerusalem to worship

Acts 8:29

The Spirit told Philip to catch up with the chariot.

Acts 8:31

The official answered, “How can I understand unless someone helps me?” He then invited Philip to come up and sit beside him.

Acts 8:5

Philip went to the city of Samaria and told the people about Christ.

1 Corinthians 14:19

But words that make sense can help the church. That's why in church I had rather speak five words that make sense than to speak ten thousand words in a language that others don't know.

Ephesians 5:17

Don't be stupid. Instead, find out what the Lord wants you to do.

Revelation 13:18

You need wisdom to understand the number of the beast! But if you are clever enough, you can work this out. Its number is six hundred and sixty-six, and it stands for a person.