28and he was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.


In Context

25 They therefore, when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans.

26 But an angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza: the same is desert.

27 And he arose and went: and behold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to Jerusalem to worship;

28 and he was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.

29 And the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.

30 And Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?

Acts 8:28 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:28Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:28and on his way home was sitting in his chariot reading the book of Isaiah the prophet.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:28And he was returning, sitting in this chariot, and reading Isaias the prophet.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:28was returning and sitting in his chariot: and he was reading the prophet Esaias.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:28Was returning; and sitting in his chariot, read Isaiah the prophet.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:28and he was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:28He was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:28he was also returning, and is sitting on his chariot, and he was reading the prophet Isaiah.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:28Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet.