I will run in the way of thy commandments when thou enlargest my understanding!
Acts 8:30 - Revised Standard Version So Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Accordingly Philip, running up to him, heard [the man] reading the prophet Isaiah and asked, Do you really understand what you are reading? American Standard Version (1901) And Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest? Common English Bible Running up to the carriage, Philip heard the man reading the prophet Isaiah. He asked, “Do you really understand what you are reading?” Catholic Public Domain Version And Philip, hurrying, heard him reading from the prophet Isaiah, and he said, "Do you think that you understand what you are reading?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Philip running thither, heard him reading the prophet Isaias. And he said: Thinkest thou that thou understandest what thou readest? |
I will run in the way of thy commandments when thou enlargest my understanding!
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.
When any one hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what is sown in his heart; this is what was sown along the path.
As for what was sown on good soil, this is he who hears the word and understands it; he indeed bears fruit, and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.”
And he called the people to him and said to them, “Hear and understand:
“So when you see the desolating sacrilege spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),
“But when you see the desolating sacrilege set up where it ought not to be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains;
Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.
You search the scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness to me;
And he rose and went. And behold, an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a minister of the Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, in charge of all her treasure, had come to Jerusalem to worship
And he said, “How can I, unless some one guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
Philip went down to a city of Samaria, and proclaimed to them the Christ.
nevertheless, in church I would rather speak five words with my mind, in order to instruct others, than ten thousand words in a tongue.
Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
This calls for wisdom: let him who has understanding reckon the number of the beast, for it is a human number, its number is six hundred and sixty-six.