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The eunuch answered Philip, "Please tell who the prophet is talking about: about himself, or about some other?"
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Commentators emphasize that the eunuch's question—"Who is the prophet talking about?"—is the absolute heart of the matter. Identifying the subject of Isaiah 53 is not a minor detail; it is the key that unlocks the entire passage and, ultimately, the gospel itself. His sincere inquiry shows he was prepared by God for the truth.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Answered Philip. That is, addressed Philip. The Hebrews often use the word answer as synonymous with addressing one, whe…
Of whom (περ τινος). Concerning whom, a pertinent inquiry surely and one that troubles many critics today.
19th Century
Anglican
Of himself, or of some other man?—Later interpreters, some of them ascribing the whole of the second half of Isaiah’s prophecies (…
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Baptist
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. The place…
The Ethiopian, being open to instruction from a Jew, invites Philip into his carriage to explain Isa 53:7–8 to him. His problem, it seems, concerns…
16th Century
Protestant
The eunuch said to Philip. Here it appears what an earnest desire the eunuch had to learn. He wanders among various prophecies of Isaiah a…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the eunuch answered Philip, and said After he had read the passage out, and Philip had put the question to him, …
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…
