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OET (OET-RV) So Philip started with that passage and explained the good message about Yeshua to him.
OET-LV And the Filippos having_opened_up the mouth of_him, and having_begun from the this scripture, he_good_message_preached the Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) to_him.
SR-GNT Ἀνοίξας δὲ ὁ Φίλιππος τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀρξάμενος ἀπὸ τῆς Γραφῆς ταύτης, εὐηγγελίσατο αὐτῷ τὸν ˚Ἰησοῦν. ‡
(Anoixas de ho Filippos to stoma autou, kai arxamenos apo taʸs Grafaʸs tautaʸs, euaʸngelisato autōi ton ˚Yaʸsoun.)
Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
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 Philip, opening his mouth and beginning with this scripture, proclaimed Jesus to him.
UST So Philip replied to him. He began with that Scripture passage, and he told him the good news about Jesus.
BSB § Then Philip began with this very Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus.
BLB And Philip, having opened his mouth and having begun from this Scripture, proclaimed the good news to him--Jesus.
AICNT Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning with this Scripture, he preached Jesus to him.
OEB Then Philip began, and, taking this passage as his text, told him the good news about Jesus.
2DT Philippos, opening his mouth and beginning from this writing, gospeled Yēsous to him.
WEBBE Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture, preached to him about Jesus.
WMBB Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture, preached to him about Yeshua.
NET So Philip started speaking, and beginning with this scripture proclaimed the good news about Jesus to him.
LSV And Philip having opened his mouth, and having begun from this Writing, proclaimed good news to him—Jesus.
FBV Philip started explaining, beginning from this Scripture, telling him about Jesus.
TCNT Then Philip opened his mouth to speak, and beginning from this Scripture, he told him the good news about Jesus.
T4T So Philip began to explain that Scripture passage. He told him the good message about [MTY] Jesus. So the official understood and believed in Jesus.
LEB So Philip opened his mouth and beginning from this scripture, proclaimed the good news to him about Jesus.
BBE So Philip, starting from this writing, gave him the good news about Jesus.
Moff No Moff ACTs book available
Wymth Then Philip began to speak, and, commencing with that same portion of Scripture, told him the Good News about Jesus.
ASV And Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this scripture, preached unto him Jesus.
DRA Then Philip, opening his mouth, and beginning at this scripture, preached unto him Jesus.
YLT and Philip having opened his mouth, and having begun from this Writing, proclaimed good news to him — Jesus.
Drby And Philip, opening his mouth and beginning from that scripture, announced the glad tidings of Jesus to him.
RV And Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this scripture, preached unto him Jesus.
Wbstr Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached to him Jesus.
KJB-1769 Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.
KJB-1611 Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same Scripture, and preached vnto him Iesus.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation)
Bshps Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached vnto hym Iesus.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)
Gnva Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same Scripture, and preached vnto him Iesus.
(Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same Scripture, and preached unto him Yesus/Yeshua. )
Cvdl Philippe opened his mouth, and beganne at this scripture, and preached him the Gospell of Iesus.
(Philip opened his mouth, and began at this scripture, and preached him the Gospel of Yesus/Yeshua.)
TNT And Philip opened his mouth and beganne at the same scripture and preached vnto him Iesus.
(And Philip opened his mouth and began at the same scripture and preached unto him Yesus/Yeshua. )
Wycl And Filip openyde his mouth, and bigan at this scripture, and prechide to him Jhesu.
(And Filip opened his mouth, and began at this scripture, and preached to him Yhesu.)
Luth Philippus aber tat seinen Mund auf und fing von dieser Schrift an und predigte ihm das Evangelium von JEsu.
(Philippus but did his Mund on and caught from dieser Schrift at and preached him the Evangelium from YEsu.)
ClVg Aperiens autem Philippus os suum, et incipiens a Scriptura ista, evangelizavit illi Jesum.[fn]
(Aperiens however Philippus os his_own, and incipiens from Scriptura ista, evangelizavit illi Yesum. )
8.35 Aperuit. RAB. Thesaurum scientiæ aperuit. Vel aperuit os, ut Spiritus loquatur in eo, secundum illud: Dilata os tuum, et implebo illud Psal. 80.. Mystice, os Ecclesiæ Philippus aperuit, ut ex hoc Gentibus is prædicetur quem prius nesciebant. Evangelizavit. Solvit quæstionem illius interrogantis: De quo propheta dixit? Demonstrat autem quod de Jesu prophetatum est.
8.35 Aperuit. RAB. Thesaurum scientiæ aperuit. Vel aperuit os, as Spiritus loquatur in eo, after/second illud: Dilata os tuum, and implebo illud Psal. 80.. Mystice, os Ecclesiæ Philippus aperuit, as from this Gentibus is prædicetur which first/before nesciebant. Evangelizavit. Solvit quæstionem illius interrogantis: De quo a_prophet dixit? Demonstrat however that about Yesu prophetatum it_is.
UGNT ἀνοίξας δὲ ὁ Φίλιππος τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀρξάμενος ἀπὸ τῆς Γραφῆς ταύτης, εὐηγγελίσατο αὐτῷ τὸν Ἰησοῦν.
(anoixas de ho Filippos to stoma autou, kai arxamenos apo taʸs Grafaʸs tautaʸs, euaʸngelisato autōi ton Yaʸsoun.)
SBL-GNT ἀνοίξας δὲ ὁ Φίλιππος τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀρξάμενος ἀπὸ τῆς γραφῆς ταύτης εὐηγγελίσατο αὐτῷ τὸν Ἰησοῦν.
(anoixas de ho Filippos to stoma autou kai arxamenos apo taʸs grafaʸs tautaʸs euaʸngelisato autōi ton Yaʸsoun.)
TC-GNT Ἀνοίξας δὲ ὁ Φίλιππος τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀρξάμενος ἀπὸ τῆς γραφῆς ταύτης, εὐηγγελίσατο αὐτῷ τὸν Ἰησοῦν.
(Anoixas de ho Filippos to stoma autou, kai arxamenos apo taʸs grafaʸs tautaʸs, euaʸngelisato autōi ton Yaʸsoun. )
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs (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: figures-of-speech / metonymy
ἀνοίξας & τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ
/having/_opened_up & the mouth ˱of˲_him
By association with the way a person would be opening his mouth in order to speak, this means that Philip spoke. The image of the open mouth suggests a certain confidence and freedom in speaking. Alternate translation: “speaking confidently”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
τῆς Γραφῆς ταύτης
¬the Scripture this
By this scripture, Luke implicitly means the passage that the official had been reading. Alternate translation: “the passage from Isaiah that the official had been reading”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
εὐηγγελίσατο αὐτῷ τὸν Ἰησοῦν
˱he˲_gospel_preached ˱to˲_him ¬the Jesus
Luke is using the name Jesus by association to mean the message about Jesus. Alternate translation: “the good news about Jesus”