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OET (OET-RV) and was returning home in his chariot. As he rode, he was reading the scroll of the prophet Isayah,
OET-LV and he_was returning and sitting in the chariot of_him, and was_reading the prophet Aʸsaias/(Yəshaˊyāh).
SR-GNT ἦν δὲ ὑποστρέφων καὶ καθήμενος ἐπὶ τοῦ ἅρματος αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀνεγίνωσκεν τὸν προφήτην Ἠσαΐαν. ‡
(aʸn de hupostrefōn kai kathaʸmenos epi tou harmatos autou, kai aneginōsken ton profaʸtaʸn Aʸsaian.)
Key: yellow:verbs, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT and he was returning and sitting in his chariot, and he was reading the prophet Isaiah.
UST and he was returning home and was seated, riding in his carriage. As he was riding, he was reading aloud from what the prophet Isaiah had written.
BSB and on his return was sitting in his chariot reading Isaiah the prophet.
BLB And he was returning and sitting in his chariot, and he was reading the prophet Isaiah.
AICNT He was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.
OEB and was now on his way home, sitting in his carriage and reading the prophet Isaiah.
WEB He was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.
NET and was returning home, sitting in his chariot, reading the prophet Isaiah.
LSV he was also returning, and is sitting on his chariot, and he was reading the prophet Isaiah.
FBV was returning from his trip, sitting in his chariot. He was reading out loud from the book of the prophet Isaiah.
TCNT and was sitting in his chariot on his way back home, reading the prophet Isaiah.
T4T and he was returning home and was seated riding in his chariot. As he was riding, he was reading out loud from what the prophet Isaiah had written [MTY] long ago.
LEB and was returning and sitting in his chariot, and reading aloud the prophet Isaiah.
BBE He was going back, seated in his carriage, and was reading the book of the prophet Isaiah.
MOF No MOF ACTs book available
ASV and he was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.
DRA And he was returning, sitting in this chariot, and reading Isaias the prophet.
YLT he was also returning, and is sitting on his chariot, and he was reading the prophet Isaiah.
DBY was returning and sitting in his chariot: and he was reading the prophet Esaias.
RV and he was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.
WBS Was returning; and sitting in his chariot, read Isaiah the prophet.
KJB Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet.
BB And as he returned home agayne, sittyng in his charet, he read Esaias the prophete.
(And as he returned home again, sittyng in his charet, he read Esaias the prophet.)
GNV And as he returned sitting in his charet, he read Esaias the Prophet.
CB And returned home agayne, and satt vpon his charet, and red the prophet Esay.
(And returned home again, and satt upon his charet, and red the prophet Esay.)
TNT And as he returned home agayne sittynge in his charet he rede Esay the prophet.
(And as he returned home again sitting in his charet he rede Esay the prophet. )
WYC And he turnede ayen, sittinge on his chare, and redinge Isaie, the profete.
(And he turned again, sittinge on his chare, and redinge Isaie, the profete.)
LUT und zog wieder heim und saß auf seinem Wagen und las den Propheten Jesaja.
(and pulled again heim and sat on seinem Wagen and las the Propheten Yesaja.)
CLV et revertebatur sedens super currum suum, legensque Isaiam prophetam.[fn]
(and revertebatur sedens super currum his_own, legensque Isaiam prophetam.)
8.28 Revertebatur. Incipiebat reverti legens Isaiam. Ubicunque in Novo Testamento salutis narratur principium, de Isaia sumitur testimonium, qui interpretatur salus Domini.
8.28 Revertebatur. Incipiebat reverti legens Isaiam. Ubicunque in Novo Testamento salutis narratur principium, about Isaia sumitur testimonium, who interpretatur salus Domini.
UGNT ἦν τε ὑποστρέφων, καὶ καθήμενος ἐπὶ τοῦ ἅρματος αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀνεγίνωσκεν τὸν προφήτην Ἠσαΐαν.
(aʸn te hupostrefōn, kai kathaʸmenos epi tou harmatos autou, kai aneginōsken ton profaʸtaʸn Aʸsaian.)
SBL-GNT ἦν ⸀τε ὑποστρέφων καὶ καθήμενος ἐπὶ τοῦ ἅρματος αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀνεγίνωσκεν τὸν προφήτην Ἠσαΐαν.
(aʸn ⸀te hupostrefōn kai kathaʸmenos epi tou harmatos autou kai aneginōsken ton profaʸtaʸn Aʸsaian. )
TC-GNT ἦν [fn]τε ὑποστρέφων καὶ καθήμενος ἐπὶ τοῦ ἅρματος αὐτοῦ, [fn]καὶ ἀνεγίνωσκε τὸν προφήτην Ἠσαΐαν.
(aʸn te hupostrefōn kai kathaʸmenos epi tou harmatos autou, kai aneginōske ton profaʸtaʸn Aʸsaian.)
Key for above GNTs: red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).
8:26-40 Philip obeyed the Holy Spirit’s leading and then seized the opportunity to share the message of Good News with a eunuch on the desert road . . . from Jerusalem to Gaza. This incident shows Philip’s remarkable effectiveness as a Christian apologist and evangelist in his outreach for Christ and in his commitment to bringing the Good News to all people regardless of social class or ethnicity.
Note 1 topic: translate-unknown
τοῦ ἅρματος
the chariot
Here and in 8:29 and 8:38, the term chariot probably means something like “carriage.” Chariots were vehicles for war, not for long-distance travel, and people stood to ride in chariots, while this man was seated. Alternate translation, as in UST: “his carriage”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
ἀνεγίνωσκεν τὸν προφήτην Ἠσαΐαν
/was/_reading the prophet Isaiah
Luke is using the phrase the prophet Isaiah to mean the prophecies that Isaiah spoke and recorded. Alternate translation: “he was reading from the book of Isaiah”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
ἀνεγίνωσκεν
/was/_reading
Since Philip was able to hear what the man was reading, as 8:30 explains, the implication is that the man was reading aloud. Alternate translation: “he was reading aloud from”