Acts 8:28
Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet.
In other versions
and he was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.
ASV
He was going back, seated in his carriage, and was reading the book of the prophet Isaiah.
BBE
was returning and sitting in his chariot: and he was reading the prophet Esaias.
DBY
He was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.
WEB
he was also returning, and is sitting on his chariot, and he was reading the prophet Isaiah.
YLT
Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Isaiah the prophet.
ENG
Was returning; and sitting in his chariot, read Isaiah the prophet.
WBT
and on his return was sitting in his chariot reading Isaiah the prophet.
BSB
In context
26And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.
27And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,
28Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet.
29Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.
30And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
Cross-references
People in this verse
- Isaiah