Full Acts 8:26–40. The eunuch's question — "Of whom does the prophet speak?" — and Philip's answer are the template for every subsequent Christian reading of Isaiah 53. Cross-reference: Luke 22:37 (Jesus' self-citation of Isa 53:12) establishes that the identification runs back to Christ himself, not only to his followers.
Acts 8:26–40 — The First Christian Sermon on Isaiah 53
Philip preaches Jesus from the very passage the Ethiopian is reading.
Primary passage:Acts 8:32 →
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John Calvin
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1. At that day. The persecution began at Stephen, after that, when their madness was thereby set on fire, it waxed hot against all, both one and other. For the wicked are like brute beasts, for when they have once tasted blood they are more desirous thereof, and become more…
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