Acts 8:30
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And Philip running thither, heard him reading the prophet Isaias. And he said: Thinkest thou that thou understandest what thou readest?

Acts 8:5
And Philip, going down to the city of Samaria, preached Christ unto them.

Acts 8:29
And the Spirit said to Philip: Go near and join thyself to this chariot.

Acts 8:31
Who said: And how can I, unless some man shew me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.

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And Philip running thither, heard him reading the prophet Isaias. And he said: Thinkest thou that thou understandest what thou readest?

ran thither.

Acts 8:27 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.

Psalm 119:32 I have run the way of thy commandments, when thou didst enlarge my heart.

Ecclesiastes 9:10 Whatsoever thy hand is able to do, do it earnestly: for neither work, nor reason, nor wisdom, nor knowledge shall be in hell, whither thou art hastening.

John 4:34 Jesus saith to them: My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, that I may perfect his work.

Understandest.

Matthew 13:19,23,51 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, there cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart: this is he that received the seed by the way side. . . .

Matthew 15:10 And having called together the multitudes unto him, he said to them: Hear ye and understand.

Matthew 24:15 When therefore you shall see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place: he that readeth let him understand.

Mark 13:14 And when you shall see the abomination of desolation, standing where it ought not (he that readeth let him understand): then let them that are in Judea flee unto the mountains.

Luke 24:44-45 And he said to them: These are the words which I spoke to you while I was yet with you, that all things must needs be fulfilled which are written in the law of Moses and in the prophets and in the psalms, concerning me. . . .

John 5:39 Search the scriptures: for you think in them to have life everlasting. And the same are they that give testimony of me.

1 Corinthians 14:19 But in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that I may instruct others also: than ten thousand words in a tongue.

Ephesians 5:17 Wherefore, become not unwise: but understanding what is the will of God.

Revelation 13:18 Here is wisdom. He that hath understanding, let him count the number of the beast. For it is the number of a man: and the number of him is six hundred sixty-six.

Context
Philip and the Ethiopian
29And the Spirit said to Philip: Go near and join thyself to this chariot. 30And Philip running thither, heard him reading the prophet Isaias. And he said: Thinkest thou that thou understandest what thou readest? 31Who said: And how can I, unless some man shew me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.…
Lexicon
[So]
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

Philip
Φίλιππος (Philippos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 5376: From philos and hippos; fond of horses; Philippus, the name of four Israelites.

ran up
Προσδραμὼν (Prosdramōn)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 4370: To run to. From pros and trecho; to run towards, i.e. Hasten to meet or join.

[and] heard
ἤκουσεν (ēkousen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 191: To hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported. A primary verb; to hear.

[the man]
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

reading
ἀναγινώσκοντος (anaginōskontos)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 314: To read, know again, know certainly, recognize, discern. From ana and ginosko; to know again, i.e. to read.

Isaiah
Ἠσαΐαν (Ēsaian)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2268: Isaiah, the prophet. Of Hebrew origin; Hesaias, an Israelite.

the
τὸν (ton)
Article - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

prophet.
προφήτην (prophētēn)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 4396: From a compound of pro and phemi; a foreteller; by analogy, an inspired speaker; by extension, a poet.

“Do you understand
γινώσκεις (ginōskeis)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1097: A prolonged form of a primary verb; to 'know' in a great variety of applications and with many implications.

what
(ha)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 3739: Who, which, what, that.

you are reading?”
ἀναγινώσκεις (anaginōskeis)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 314: To read, know again, know certainly, recognize, discern. From ana and ginosko; to know again, i.e. to read.

[Philip] asked.
εἶπεν (eipen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.


Additional Translations
So Philip ran up and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.

And Philip having run up, heard him reading Isaiah the prophet and said, "Do you then understand what you are reading?"

And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understand you what you read?

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

And Philip, running up, heard him reading the prophet Esaias, and said, Dost thou then know what thou art reading of?

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

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

So Philip ran up and heard the eunuch reading the Prophet Isaiah. "Do you understand what you are reading?" he asked.

Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, "Do you understand what you are reading?"

and Philip having run near, heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said, 'Dost thou then know what thou dost read?'
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