Was reading (ανεγινωσκεν). Imperfect active descriptive, not periphrastic like the two preceding verbs (was returning and sitting)…

And sitting in his chariot. This refers to his carriage or vehicle. The exact form of the carriage is not known. In some instances, the ca…

Sitting in his chariot read Isaiah the prophet.—After the manner of most Eastern nations, to whom silent reading is almos…

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…

It is difficult to determine from the text itself how Luke wanted his readers to understand the Ethiopian eunuch’s relation to Judaism. It is also …

He read Esaias. The reading of the prophet shows that the eunuch did not worship a God thoughtlessly, according to his own understanding o…

Was returning
From Jerusalem, having finished the parts of divine worship he came to perform; and it is remarkable, …

Philip was directed to go to a desert. Sometimes God opens a door of opportunity to His ministers in very unlikely places. We should strive to do g…