The interpretation timeline

Acts 8:34

How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.

From the early Church Fathers to now.

1 Patristic · 1 Orthodox

Acts 8:34 · Douay-Rheims
“And the eunuch answering Philip, said: I beseech thee, of whom doth the prophet speak this? of himself, or of some other man?”
Patristic before A.D. 750
407
A.D.
John Chrysostom Patristic
A.D. 347–407
“And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man? That he should at all know either that the Prophets speak in different ways about different persons, or that they speak of themselves in another person-the question betokens a very thoughtful mind.”
Source
719 years pass — nothing from this stretch is hosted yet
Scholastic c. 1100 – 1500
1126
A.D.
Theophylact of Ohrid Orthodox
c. 1055–1107
“"I ask you to tell me, of whom does the prophet say this?" To know that the prophets sometimes speak about others as well, or about themselves in another person, because this is what his question shows — the quality of a very observant man.”
Modern · 1953 →

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