Acts 8:34 Meaning and Explanation
“And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?”
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What Does Acts 8:34 Mean?
The eunuch's question is the honest reader's question, and it is exactly the right one: who is this Servant? The prophet himself, or another? Everything depends on the answer.
All study of Scripture arrives at this hinge sooner or later: of whom does it speak? The risen Jesus answered it on the Emmaus road, expounding 'in all the scriptures the things concerning himself' (Luke 24:27). The Bible is not finally a book of rules or riddles; it is the unveiling of a Person. Ask the eunuch's question of any page, and you are ready, as he was, for the answer of the next verse.
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What does Acts 8:34 mean?
The eunuch asks Philip of whom the prophet speaks — of himself, or of some other man.