Acts 8:27

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So Philip went. An Ethiopian man who had come to Jerusalem to worship was on his way home. The man was a eunuch, a high-ranking official in charge of all the treasures of Queen Candace of Ethiopia.

Cross References

1 Kings 10:1

The queen of Sheba heard about Solomon’s reputation. (He owed his reputation to the name of the Lord.) So she came to test him with riddles.

Psalm 68:29

Kings will bring you gifts because of your temple high above Jerusalem.

Psalm 68:31

Ambassadors will come from Egypt. Sudan will stretch out its hands to God ⌞in prayer⌟.

Psalm 87:4

⌞The Lord says,⌟ “I will add Egypt and Babylon as well as Philistia, Tyre, and Sudan to the list of those who acknowledge me. Each nation ⌞will claim that it⌟ was born there.”

Isaiah 18:7

At that time gifts will be brought to the Lord of Armies from a tall and smooth-skinned people, a people ⌞who are⌟ feared far and near, a strong and aggressive nation, whose land is divided by rivers. They will be brought to Mount Zion, the place where the name of the Lord of Armies is.

Isaiah 43:6

I will say to the north, “Give them up,” and to the south, “Do not keep them.” Bring my sons from far away and my daughters from the ends of the earth.

Isaiah 45:14

This is what the Lord says: The products from Egypt, the merchandise from Sudan, and the important Sabaeans will come to you. They will belong to you. They will follow you. They will come to you in chains. They will bow to you and pray to you, “Certainly God is with you alone, and there is no other God.”

Isaiah 60:3

Nations will come to your light, and kings will come to the brightness of your dawn.

Isaiah 60:6

“Many camels will cover your ⌞land⌟, young camels from Midian and Ephah. Everyone from Sheba will come. They will bring gold and incense. They will sing the praises of the Lord.

Isaiah 66:19

I will set up a sign among them and send some of their survivors to the nations: to Tarshish, Put and Lud, Meshech, Rosh, Tubal, Javan, and to the distant coastlands who have not heard of my fame or seen my glory. They will tell about my glory among the nations.

Jeremiah 13:23

Can Ethiopians change the color of their skin or leopards change their spots? Can you do good when you’re taught to do wrong?

Jeremiah 38:7

But an official in the royal palace, Ebed Melech from Sudan, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the cistern. The king happened to be sitting at Benjamin Gate.

Jeremiah 39:16

“Say to Ebed Melech from Sudan, ‘This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: I’m going to carry out my threat against this city by bringing disaster on it instead of prosperity. At that time these things will happen as you watch.

Zephaniah 3:10

From beyond the rivers of Sudan my worshipers, my scattered people, will bring my offering.

Matthew 12:42

The queen from the south will stand up at the time of judgment with you. She will condemn you, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear Solomon’s wisdom. But look, someone greater than Solomon is here!

John 12:20

Some Greeks were among those who came to worship during the Passover festival.

Acts 8:28

As the official rode along in his carriage, he was reading the prophet Isaiah out loud.

Deuteronomy 30:13

This command isn’t on the other side of the sea. You don’t have to ask, “Who will cross the sea to get it for us so that we can hear it and obey it?”

Hebrews 11:8

Faith led Abraham to obey when God called him to go to a place that he would receive as an inheritance. Abraham left his own country without knowing where he was going.