'Reading' in the Bible

and was now on his way home; and as he sat in his chariot he was reading the Prophet Isaiah.

So Philip ran up and heard the eunuch reading the Prophet Isaiah. "Do you understand what you are reading?" he asked.

The passage of Scripture which he was reading was this: "Like a sheep He was led to slaughter, and just as a lamb before its shearer is dumb so He opened not His mouth.

After the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the Wardens of the synagogue sent word to them. "Brethren," they said, "if you have anything encouraging to say to the people, speak."

Felix, after reading the letter, inquired from what province he was; and being told "from Cilicia,"