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Acts 8:34

And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?

KJV

ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ ὁ εὐνοῦχος τῷ Φιλίππῳ εἶπεν, δέομαί σου, περὶ τίνος ὁ προφήτης λέγει τοῦτο; περὶ ἑαυτοῦ ἢ περὶ ἑτέρου τινός;

Greek NT

Respondens autem eunuchus Philippo, dixit : Obsecro te, de quo propheta dicit hoc ? de se, an de alio aliquo ?

Vulgate

And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other?

ASV

And the eunuch answering Philip, said: I beseech thee, of whom doth the prophet speak this? Of himself, or of some other man?

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Φίλιππος
philippos
noun · 36×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δέομαι
deomai
verb · 22×
εὐνοῦχος
eunouchos
noun · 8×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
περί
peri
preposition · 335×
προφήτης
prophetes
noun · 145×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
τὶς
tis
indefinite_pronoun · 527×
ἀποκρίνομαι
apokrinomai
verb · 233×
ἑαυτοῦ
eautou
reflexive_pronoun · 316×
ἕτερος
eteros
adjective · 99×
e
particle · 346×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

trivial
SBLGNT: τοῦτο | WH/Treg/NA/RP: τοῦτο
  • τοῦτοSBLGNT
  • τοῦτοWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Nestle-Aland 27, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

54. For it is written, 'So much better than the Angels.' let us then first examine this. Now it is right and necessary, as in all divine Scripture, so here, faithfully to expound the time of which the Apostle wrote, and the person , and the point; lest the reader, from ignorance missing either these or any similar particular, may be wide of the true sense. This understood that …

Cross-references

  • Matt 13:36 — Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.
  • Matt 15:15 — Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.