Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “How can I,” he said, “unless someone explains it to me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. New Living Translation The man replied, “How can I, unless someone instructs me?” And he urged Philip to come up into the carriage and sit with him. English Standard Version And he said, “How can I, unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. Berean Standard Bible “How can I,” he said, “unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. Berean Literal Bible And he said, "How indeed could I be able, unless someone will guide me?" And he invited Philip, having come up, to sit with him. King James Bible And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him. New King James Version And he said, “How can I, unless someone guides me?” And he asked Philip to come up and sit with him. New American Standard Bible And he said, “Well, how could I, unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. NASB 1995 And he said, “Well, how could I, unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. NASB 1977 And he said, “Well, how could I, unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. Legacy Standard Bible And he said, “Well, how could I, unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. Amplified Bible And he said, “Well, how could I [understand] unless someone guides me [correctly]?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. Christian Standard Bible “How can I,” he said, “unless someone guides me? ” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. Holman Christian Standard Bible How can I,” he said, “unless someone guides me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. American Standard Version And he said, How can I, except some one shall guide me? And he besought Philip to come up and sit with him. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And he said, “How can I understand unless a man will instruct me?” And he asked Philippus to come up and sit with him. Contemporary English Version The official answered, "How can I understand unless someone helps me?" He then invited Philip to come up and sit beside him. Douay-Rheims Bible Who said: And how can I, unless some man shew me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him. English Revised Version And he said, How can I, except some one shall guide me? And he besought Philip to come up and sit with him. GOD'S WORD® Translation The official answered, "How can I understand unless someone guides me?" So he invited Philip to sit with him in his carriage. Good News Translation The official replied, "How can I understand unless someone explains it to me?" And he invited Philip to climb up and sit in the carriage with him. International Standard Version The man replied, "How can I unless someone guides me?" So he invited Philip to get in and sit with him. Literal Standard Version And he said, “Why, how am I able, if someone may not guide me?” He called Philip also, having come up, to sit with him. Majority Standard Bible “How can I,” he said, “unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. New American Bible He replied, “How can I, unless someone instructs me?” So he invited Philip to get in and sit with him. NET Bible The man replied, "How in the world can I, unless someone guides me?" So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. New Revised Standard Version He replied, “How can I, unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to get in and sit beside him. New Heart English Bible He said, "How can I, unless someone explains it to me?" So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. Webster's Bible Translation And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up, and sit with him. Weymouth New Testament "Why, how can I," replied the eunuch, "unless some one explains it to me?" And he earnestly invited Philip to come up and sit with him. World English Bible He said, “How can I, unless someone explains it to me?” He begged Philip to come up and sit with him. Young's Literal Translation and he said, 'Why, how am I able, if some one may not guide me?' he called Philip also, having come up, to sit with him. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Philip and the Ethiopian…30So Philip ran up and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked. 31“How can I,” he said, “unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. 32The eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before the shearer is silent, so He did not open His mouth.… Cross References Acts 8:30 So Philip ran up and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. "Do you understand what you are reading?" Philip asked. Acts 8:32 The eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture: "He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before the shearer is silent, so He did not open His mouth. Romans 10:14 How then can they call on the One in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe in the One of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone to preach? Treasury of Scripture And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him. How. Psalm 25:8,9 Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way… Psalm 73:16,17,22 When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; … Proverbs 30:2,3 Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man… And he. 2 Kings 5:9,26 So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha… 2 Kings 10:15,16 And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him: and he saluted him, and said to him, Is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot… Jump to Previous Able Begged Besought Desired Earnestly Eunuch Except Guide Guides Invited Me Philip Possible Side Sit Someone UnlessJump to Next Able Begged Besought Desired Earnestly Eunuch Except Guide Guides Invited Me Philip Possible Side Sit Someone UnlessActs 8 1. By occasion of the persecution in Jerusalem, the church being planted in Samaria, 4. by Philip the deacon, who preached, did miracles, and baptized many; 9. among the rest Simon the sorcerer, a great seducer of the people; 14. Peter and John come to confirm and enlarge the church; 15. where, by prayer and imposition of hands giving the Holy Spirit; 18. when Simon would have bought the like power of them, 20. Peter sharply reproving his hypocrisy and covetousness, 22. and exhorting him to repentance, 25. together with John preaching the word of the Lord, return to Jerusalem; 26. but the angel sends Philip to teach and baptize the Ethiopian Eunuch. (31) How can I, except some man should guide me?--The words of the inquirer imply, as has been said above, that the prophecy was new to him. It is as though, in turning over, or perhaps unrolling, the MS., this was the passage which, in its strange, touching portraiture of the Man of Sorrows, had riveted his attention, and on which he was consequently dwelling with the prayer that some authorised interpreter would unfold its meaning. The word for "guide" connects itself with the title of "a guide of the blind," which the Rabbis were fond of claiming (Matthew 15:14; Romans 2:19).Verse 31. - One shall for man should, A.V. and T.R.; he besought Philip to come up and sit with him for he desired Philip that he would, etc., A.V. He besought, etc. Tim humility and thirst for instruction of this great courtier are very remarkable, and the instance of the joint use of the written Word and the living teacher is noteworthy. Parallel Commentaries ... Greek “HowΠῶς (Pōs) Adverb Strong's 4459: Adverb from the base of pou; an interrogative particle of manner; in what way?; also as exclamation, how much! can I,” δυναίμην (dynaimēn) Verb - Present Optative Middle or Passive - 1st Person Singular Strong's 1410: (a) I am powerful, have (the) power, (b) I am able, I can. Of uncertain affinity; to be able or possible. he said, εἶπεν (eipen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say. “unless ἐὰν (ean) Conjunction Strong's 1437: If. From ei and an; a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc. someone τις (tis) Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 5100: Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object. guides ὁδηγήσει (hodēgēsei) Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 3594: To lead, guide; met: I instruct, teach. From hodegos; to show the way (teach). me?” με (me) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Singular Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. And τε (te) Conjunction Strong's 5037: And, both. A primary particle of connection or addition; both or also. he invited παρεκάλεσέν (parekalesen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 3870: From para and kaleo; to call near, i.e. Invite, invoke. Philip Φίλιππον (Philippon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 5376: From philos and hippos; fond of horses; Philippus, the name of four Israelites. to come up ἀναβάντα (anabanta) Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 305: To go up, mount, ascend; of things: I rise, spring up, come up. From ana and the base of basis; to go up. [and] sit καθίσαι (kathisai) Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active Strong's 2523: Another form for kathezomai; to seat down, i.e. Set; intransitively, to sit; figuratively, to settle. with σὺν (syn) Preposition Strong's 4862: With. A primary preposition denoting union; with or together. him. αὐτῷ (autō) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular Strong's 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. Links Acts 8:31 NIVActs 8:31 NLT Acts 8:31 ESV Acts 8:31 NASB Acts 8:31 KJV Acts 8:31 BibleApps.com Acts 8:31 Biblia Paralela Acts 8:31 Chinese Bible Acts 8:31 French Bible Acts 8:31 Catholic Bible NT Apostles: Acts 8:31 He said How can I unless someone (Acts of the Apostles Ac) |
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