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Acts 8:26–40

7/6/2012

 
Click here to read today's passage on Bible Gateway.

Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch
Just some quick historical background for today:

"Ethiopia (Cush in the Old Testament) corresponds to what is known as Nubia. It encompasses parts of what is now southern Egypt and northern Sudan. In ancient literature the Ethiopians were considered as living in the ends of the earth. In other words, with the gospel going to the Samaritans and then to the Ethiopian, it was going to the last two geographical spheres of the Great Commission as given in Acts 1:8. Luke does not mention the religious background of the Ethiopian. He had come to the Jerusalem temple to worship and had a copy of Isaiah with him—not something easy to obtain in those days. This suggests that he may have been a God-fearer or a proselyte.
    Only the most well-to-do had chariots in those days, but the Ethiopian was in one, reading from the prophet Isaiah (v. 28). Considering the high standing of this official, it would have required some boldness for Philip to obey the Spirit’s command to go to the chariot (v. 29). Since people almost always read aloud in those days, Philip heard him reading—one of the favorite messianic passages of the early church." [1]

[1] Ajith Fernando, Acts, The NIV Application Commentary (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1998), 283-284.
Andrei
7/6/2012 06:12:17 pm

Lol we studied this in S&L today... we should have comments from everyone! I guess it's wondrous to see the Holy Spirit and the carrying out of the Great Commission.


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