'Reading' in the Bible

was returning and sitting in his chariot: and he was reading the prophet Esaias.

And Philip, running up, heard him reading the prophet Esaias, and said, Dost thou then know what thou art reading of?

And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, Brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation to the people, speak.