Acts Chapter 8 verse 31 Holy Bible
And he said, How can I, except some one shall guide me? And he besought Philip to come up and sit with him.
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And he said, How is that possible when I have no guide? And he made Philip get up by his side.
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And he said, How should I then be able unless some one guide me? And he begged Philip to come up and sit with him.
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And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.
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He said, "How can I, unless someone explains it to me?" He begged Philip to come up and sit with him.
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and he said, `Why, how am I able, if some one may not guide me?' he called Philip also, having come up, to sit with him.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 31. - One shall for man should, A.V. and T.R.; he besought Philip to come up and sit with him for he desired Philip that he would, etc., A.V. He besought, etc. Tim humility and thirst for instruction of this great courtier are very remarkable, and the instance of the joint use of the written Word and the living teacher is noteworthy.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(31) How can I, except some man should guide me?--The words of the inquirer imply, as has been said above, that the prophecy was new to him. It is as though, in turning over, or perhaps unrolling, the MS., this was the passage which, in its strange, touching portraiture of the Man of Sorrows, had riveted his attention, and on which he was consequently dwelling with the prayer that some authorised interpreter would unfold its meaning. The word for "guide" connects itself with the title of "a guide of the blind," which the Rabbis were fond of claiming (Matthew 15:14; Romans 2:19).
