...heavenly vision : " He arose and went ; and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an officer of high rank and authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians,...charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem to worship : he was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet" (ver. 27). This...

...that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert. And he arose and went : and be- 27 hold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under...had come to Jerusalem for to worship, was returning, 28 and, sitting in his chariot, read Esaias the prophet CHAP, ture, and preached unto him Jesus. And...

...about five thousand inhabitants." — , Hall on the Acts. VEIL 27. And he arose and went : and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, 'an 'eunuch of great authority...treasure, and had come /to Jerusalem for to worship, iZspn. iii. 10. e It*. Iri. 3— 5. /2 Chron. vi. 22,23. A man of Ethiopia. — Gaza was near the confines...

...T,.,. who allow trifling difficulties to Li-f dace queen of the Lthio- them from God's service, pians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come...returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the fr phet. Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and jont thyself to this chariot. And Philip ran...

...difficult and perhaps a dangerous path. " And behold," as he approached the place mentioned by the angel, " a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under...queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all the treasure, and had come to Jerusalem to worship, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the Prophet."...

...illustrious individual, whose conversion God designed him to effect, made his appearance. " Behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under...sitting in his chariot, read Esaias the Prophet." Ethiopia is a country frequently mentioned by the sacred writers, situated to the south of Egypt and...

...way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert, 27 And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under...treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship, 28 Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet. ^ ^t Hl^l «/nl Hl<tl°ll ^ H^....

...HAST, THAT NO MAN TAKE THY CROWN." THE ETHIOPIAN CONVERT. 35 THE ETHIOPIAN CONVERT. " AND, BEHOLD, A MAN OF ETHIOPIA, AN EUNUCH OF GREAT AUTHORITY UNDER...AND SITTING IN HIS CHARIOT READ ESAIAS THE PROPHET," &C. — Acts, viii. 27—39. ETHIOPIA was the name applied by the ancients to two countries, — the...

...way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert. And he arose and went : and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under...and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet. Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot. And Philip ran thither...

...itself in the mind with the narrative contained in the eighth chapter of the Acts, where we read of " a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under...treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship." As more than fifty years elapsed between the expedition of Petronius and the mission of Philip the...