Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture, preached to him about Jesus.
Parallel translations
- KJV Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.
- BSB Then Philip began with this very Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus.
- NKJV Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning at this Scripture, preached Jesus to him.
- NASB Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture he preached Jesus to him.
- NLT So beginning with this same Scripture, Philip told him the Good News about Jesus.
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Quick answer
Beginning from Isaiah 53, Philip preached Jesus to him. The whole of Scripture finds its center in Christ.
Overview
Philip uses the very passage the eunuch was reading as the launching point to proclaim the good news of Jesus. This models how the Old Testament prophecies are fulfilled in Christ and how faithful preaching connects the Scriptures to him. The Servant who was slaughtered is the crucified and risen Lord who saves all who believe.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 19
- Luke 24:27Beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he explained to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.
- Acts 18:28for he powerfully refuted the Jews, publicly showing by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.
- Acts 28:23When they had appointed him a day, many people came to him at his lodging. He explained to them, testifying about God’s Kingdom, and persuading them concerning Jesus, both from the law of Moses and from the prophets, from morning until evening.
- Matt 5:2He opened his mouth and taught them, saying,
- 1 Cor 2:2For I determined not to know anything among you, except Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
- Acts 5:42Every day, in the temple and at home, they never stopped teaching and preaching Jesus, the Christ.
- Eph 4:21if indeed you heard him, and were taught in him, even as truth is in Jesus:
- 1 Pet 1:11–12searching for who or what kind of time the Spirit of Christ, which was in them, pointed to, when he predicted the sufferings of Christ, and the glories that would follow them.
- Luke 24:44–47He said to them, “This is what I told you, while I was still with you, that all things which are written in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me must be fulfilled.”
- Acts 9:20Immediately in the synagogues he proclaimed the Christ, that he is the Son of God.
- 2 Cor 6:11Our mouth is open to you, Corinthians. Our heart is enlarged.
- Acts 3:20and that he may send Christ Jesus, who was ordained for you before,
- Acts 19:13But some of the itinerant Jews, exorcists, took on themselves to invoke over those who had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, “We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.”
- Acts 17:2–3Paul, as was his custom, went in to them, and for three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
- Acts 10:34Peter opened his mouth and said, “Truly I perceive that God doesn’t show favoritism;
- Acts 26:22–23Having therefore obtained the help that is from God, I stand to this day testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would happen,
- 1 Cor 1:23but we preach Christ crucified; a stumbling block to Jews, and foolishness to Greeks,
- Acts 11:20But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they had come to Antioch, spoke to the Hellenists, preaching the Lord Jesus.
- Acts 17:18Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also were conversing with him. Some said, “What does this babbler want to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign deities,” because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.
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Acts is the risen Christ continuing his work by the Spirit through the church, as the apostles preach that there is salvation in no other name under heaven.
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