Acts 8:27
And 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,
KJV
καὶ ἀναστὰς ἐπορεύθη· καὶ ἰδοὺ ἀνὴρ Αἰθίοψ εὐνοῦχος δυνάστης Κανδάκης βασιλίσσης Αἰθιόπων, ὃς ἦν ἐπὶ πάσης τῆς γάζης αὐτῆς, ἐληλύθει προσκυνήσων εἰς Ἱερουσαλήμ,
Greek NT
Et surgens abiit. Et ecce vir Æthiops, eunuchus, potens Candacis reginæ Æthiopum, qui erat super omnes gazas ejus, venerat adorare in Jerusalem :
Vulgate
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;
ASV
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.
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In the original Greek
21 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- Κανδάκης — SBLGNT
- Κανδάκης — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + τῆς — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§334In the meantime, the whole life of the Church benefits from the mysterious and powerful help of angels.201
The patriarchs and prophets by pointing out the advent of Christ, fortified thereby, as it were, the way of posterity to the faith of Christ; and so the labours of the apostles were lessened inasmuch as they gathered in the fruits of the labours of others. 1. For which reason the Lord declared to the disciples: Behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look upon the distri…
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 8:41 — Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name’s sake;
- 1Kgs 8:41 — Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name’s sake;
- 2Chr 6:32 — Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name’s sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in
- Acts 2:5 — And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.
- Esth 4:4 — So Esther’s maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. Then was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received i
- Isa 18:7 — In that time shall the present be brought unto the LORD of hosts of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot,
- Isa 56:3 — Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.
- Jer 38:7 — Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;
- John 12:20 — And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast:
- John 12:20 — And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast:
- Matt 12:42 — The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greate
- Matt 12:42 — The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greate
- Ps 68:31 — Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.
- Ps 68:31 — Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.
- Ps 87:4 — I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there.
- Zeph 3:10 — From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering.