King James Version
Acts 8:31 in the King James Version says “And he said, How can I , except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.” — study this verse from Acts chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And he said, How can I , except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.”
Acts 8:31 · KJV
Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.
And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
And he said, How can I , except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.
The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:
In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.
KJV Study — Public Domain
an interrogative particle of manner; in what way? (sometimes the question is indirect, how?); also as exclamation, how much!
“How”
G1063properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc.; often used in connection with other particles to denote indefiniteness or uncertainty
(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas g3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether
“he desired”
G3870to call near, i.e., invite, invoke (by imploration, hortation or consolation)
“and sit”
G2523to seat down, i.e., set (figuratively, appoint); intransitively, to sit (down); figuratively, to settle (hover, dwell)
“with”
G4862with or together (but much closer than g3326 or g3844), i.e., by association, companionship, process, resemblance, possession, instrumentality, additi
“him”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
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