And as he returned home again, sitting in his chariot, he read Isaiah the prophet.

And Philip ran to him, and heard him read Isaiah the prophet, and said, "Understandest thou what thou readest?"

The tenor of the scripture which he read was this, "He was led as a sheep to be slain: And like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth.

And after the law and the prophets were read, the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them saying, "Ye men and brethren, if ye have any sermon to exhort the people, say on."

The inhabiters of Jerusalem, and their rulers: because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every Sabbath day; they have fulfilled them in condemning him.

For Moses of old time in every city hath them that preach him, and he is read in the synagogues every Sabbath day."

When they had read it, they rejoiced of that consolation.

When the deputy had read the letter, he asked of what country he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia,