Acts 8:27

New American Bible - revised edition

So he got up and set out. Now there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of the Candace, that is, the queen of the Ethiopians, in charge of her entire treasury, who had come to Jerusalem to worship,

Cross References

1 Kings 10:1

The queen of Sheba, having heard a report of Solomon’s fame, came to test him with subtle questions.

Psalm 68:29

Summon again, O God, your power, the divine power you once showed for us,

Psalm 68:31

Roar at the wild beast of the reeds, the herd of mighty bulls, the calves of the peoples; trampling those who lust after silver scatter the peoples that delight in war.

Psalm 87:4

Rahab and Babylon I count among those who know me. See, Philistia and Tyre, with Ethiopia, “This one was born there.”

Isaiah 18:7

Then will gifts be brought to the Lord of hosts—to the place of the name of the Lord of hosts, Mount Zion—from a people tall and bronzed, from a people dreaded near and far, a nation strong and conquering, whose land is washed by rivers.

Isaiah 43:6

I will say to the north: Give them up! and to the south: Do not hold them! Bring back my sons from afar, and my daughters from the ends of the earth:

Isaiah 45:14

Thus says the Lord: The earnings of Egypt, the gain of Ethiopia, and the Sabeans, tall of stature, Shall come over to you and belong to you; they shall follow you, coming in chains. Before you they shall bow down, saying in prayer: “With you alone is God; and there is none other, no other god!

Isaiah 60:3

Nations shall walk by your light, kings by the radiance of your dawning.

Isaiah 60:6

Caravans of camels shall cover you, dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; All from Sheba shall come bearing gold and frankincense, and heralding the praises of the Lord.

Isaiah 66:19

I will place a sign among them; from them I will send survivors to the nations: to Tarshish, Put and Lud, Mosoch, Tubal and Javan, to the distant coastlands which have never heard of my fame, or seen my glory; and they shall proclaim my glory among the nations.

Jeremiah 13:23

Can Ethiopians change their skin, leopards their spots? As easily would you be able to do good, accustomed to evil as you are.

Jeremiah 38:7

Now Ebed-melech, an Ethiopian, a court official in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the cistern. The king happened to be sitting at the Gate of Benjamin,

Jeremiah 39:16

Go, tell this to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian: Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: See, I am now carrying out my words against this city, for evil and not for good; this will happen in your presence on that day.

Zephaniah 3:10

From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia and as far as the recesses of the North, they shall bring me offerings.

Matthew 12:42

At the judgment the queen of the south will arise with this generation and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and there is something greater than Solomon here. The Return of the Unclean Spirit.

John 12:20

Now there were some Greeks among those who had come up to worship at the feast.

Acts 8:28

and was returning home. Seated in his chariot, he was reading the prophet Isaiah.

Deuteronomy 30:13

Nor is it across the sea, that you should say, “Who will cross the sea to get it for us and tell us of it, that we may do it?”

Hebrews 11:8

By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance; he went out, not knowing where he was to go.