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,So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official in charge of the entire treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. He had gone to Jerusalem to worship,
In other translations
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,So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official in charge of the entire treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. He had gone to Jerusalem to worship,
Greek words
καὶkaiAndG2532ἀναστὰςanastashaving risen upG450ἐπορεύθη·eporeuthēhe went;G4198καὶkaiAndG2532ἰδοὺidoubeholdG2400ἀνὴρanēra manG435ΑἰθίοψAithiopsan EthiopianG128εὐνοῦχοςeunouchosa eunuchG2135δυνάστηςdunastēsa potentateG1413ΚανδάκηςKandakēsof CandaceG2582τῆςtēstheG3588βασιλίσσηςbasilissēsqueenG938Αἰθιόπων,Aithiopōnof Ethiopians,G128ὃςhoswhoG3739ἦνēnwasG1510ἐπὶepioverG1909πάσηςpasēsallG3956τῆςtēstheG3588γάζηςgazēstreasureG1047αὐτῆς,autēsof her,G846ὃςhoswhoG3739ἐληλύθειelēlutheihad comeG2064προσκυνήσωνproskunēsōnto then worshipG4352εἰςeistoG1519Ἰερουσαλήμ,IerousalēmJerusalem,G2419
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