What Does Acts 8:28 Mean?

“Was”

i (thou, etc.) was (wast or were)

both or also (properly, as correlation of g2532)

“returning”

to turn under (behind), i.e., to return (literally or figuratively)

“and”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“sitting”

and ???? (to sit; akin to the base of g1476); to sit down; figuratively, to remain, reside

“in”

properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of re

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“chariot”

a chariot (as raised or fitted together (compare g0719))

the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons

“and”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“read”

to know again, i.e., (by extension) to read

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“the prophet”

a foreteller ("prophet"); by analogy, an inspired speaker; by extension, a poet

“Esaias”

hesaias (i.e., jeshajah), an israelite