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


In Context

25 And they indeed having testified and preached the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel to many countries of the Samaritans.

26 Now an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying: Arise, go towards the south, to the way that goeth down from Jerusalem into Gaza: this is desert.

27 And rising up, he went. And behold a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch, of great authority under Candace the queen of the Ethiopians, who had charge over all her treasures, had come to Jerusalem to adore.

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

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

30 And Philip running thither, heard him reading the prophet Isaias. And he said: Thinkest thou that thou understandest 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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

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.