...DISCOURSE XV. The Noble Convert. Acts, viii. 34, 35. And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, Ipraythee, of whom speaketh the prophet this ? of himself, or...opened his mouth, and began at the same Scripture, andpreached unto him Jesus 279 Preached before the University of Oxford, at St. Mary's, March 30, 1760,...

...some extraordinary person : but he was unable to discover its meaning. He said therefore to Philip, " I pray thee, of whom speaketh ' the prophet this; of himself or of some other man ?" " Then," (as we read in the text) " Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same Scripture, and preached unto...

...Book of Isaiah. I. The first question was long ago put to Philip, the evangelist, by nn Ethiopian : " Of whom speaketh the prophet this ; of himself, or of some other man ? " Acts viii, 34. And we are told that "Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same Scripture,...

...at the same Scripture and preached unto him Jtttu." u When it is recorded in the history, that St. Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same Scripture and preached auto him Jesus, surely we may coniider this part of the narrative as an inspired testimony to the identity...

...Ethiopian Eunuch, upon reading some part of the prophecy of Isaiah, put to Philip this question, " I pray thee of whom speaketh the • Prophet this ; of himself, or of some other man? "ff- Thus, on an occasion like the present, must we ask, Is the Prophet speaking literally or figuratively...

...generation ? for his life is taken from the earth. And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, 1 pray t lite of whom speaketh the prophet this, of himself, or...the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.'' The evidence was irresistible. The writingsof the prophet which he was then holding in his hand, which...

...be a prophecy admitting such double sense, or be applied properly to two such opposite characters. ' Of whom speaketh the prophet this ? of himself, or of some other man?' — This was a question properly put by the Ethiopian treasurer (Acts viii. 34) who never dreamt that...

...for his life is taken from the earth." And the Eunuch requesting to know of whom this was spoken, " Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus." And as they proceeded on their journey, " they came to a certain water," and the " Eunuch said, See here is water...

...? of himself, or of some other man? Then Philip opening his mouth, and beginning at this scripture, preached unto him Jesus. And as they went on their way, they came to a certain water ; and the eunuch said : See here is water, what doth hinder me from being baptized...

...and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not liw mmith." He then inquired of Philip, " I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or some other man ? Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same •cripture, and preached unto...