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Acts 8:28
And he was returning, sitting in his chariot and reading Isaias the prophet.
Acts 8:28 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
Acts 8:28 in other translations
Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet.
and on his return was sitting in his chariot reading Isaiah the prophet.
He was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.
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In context
25 And they indeed, having testified and preached the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem: and preached the gospel to many countries of the Samaritans.
26 Now an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying: Arise, go towards the south, to the way that goeth down from Jerusalem into Gaza: this is desert.
27 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.
28 And he was returning, sitting in his chariot and reading Isaias the prophet.
29 And the Spirit said to Philip: Go near and join thyself to this chariot.
30 And Philip running thither, heard him reading the prophet Isaias. And he said: Thinkest thou that thou understandest what thou readest?
31 Who said: And how can I, unless some man shew me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.
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