Acts.8.27

Acts 8:27

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And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,

Philip and the Ethiopian

An Ethiopian Receives Christ

Cross References

1 Kings 8:41

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Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name’s sake;

Solomon’s Prayer of Dedication

Psalm 68:31

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Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.

God’s Enemies Are Scattered

Psalm 87:4

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I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there.

The LORD Loves the Gates of Zion

Isaiah 18:7

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¶ In that time shall the present be brought unto the Lord of hosts of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the Lord of hosts, the mount Zion.

A Message to Cush

Isaiah 56:3

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¶ Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the Lord, speak, saying, The Lord hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.

Salvation for Foreigners

Rewards for Obedience to God

Jeremiah 38:7

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¶ Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;

Jeremiah Cast into the Cistern

Jeremiah Thrown into the Cistern

John 12:20

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And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast:

Jesus Predicts His Death

Greeks Seek Jesus

Acts 8:28

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Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet.