Hechos 8:31

31 Y él respondió: ¿Cómo podré, a menos que alguien me guíe? E invitó a Felipe a que subiera y se sentara con él.

Hechos 8:31 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 8:31

And he said, how can I, except some man should guide me?
&c.] Which shows that he was of an excellent spirit and temper; since instead of answering in a haughty and disdainful manner, as great men are too apt to do; and instead of charging Philip with, impertinence and insolence, in interrupting him whilst reading, and putting such a question to him, he expresses himself with great and uncommon modesty; with a sense and confession of his ignorance and incapacity and of the necessity and usefulness of the instructions of men, appointed of God to open and explain the Scriptures: and though he wanted such a guide, and could have been glad of one, yet he was willing to use all diligence himself in reading, that he, might, if possible, come at some knowledge of the truth; which was very commendable in him; and no doubt but the spirit he was in was much owing to his reading the word, and to the Spirit of God disposing his mind in this manner:

and he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him;
which is an instance of his great humanity and courteousness, and of his meekness and condescension, as well as of his vehement thirst after the knowledge of the Scriptures; he concluding, or at least hoping by Philip's question, and by the air and look of the man, that he was one that might be useful to him this way.

Hechos 8:31 In-Context

29 Y el Espíritu dijo a Felipe: Ve y júntate a ese carruaje.

30 Cuando Felipe se acercó corriendo, le oyó leer al profeta Isaías, y le dijo: ¿Entiendes lo que lees?

31 Y él respondió: ¿Cómo podré, a menos que alguien me guíe? E invitó a Felipe a que subiera y se sentara con él.

32 El pasaje de la Escritura que estaba leyendo era éste: COMO OVEJA FUE LLEVADO AL MATADERO; Y COMO CORDERO, MUDO DELANTE DEL QUE LO TRASQUILA, NO ABRE EL SU BOCA.

33 EN SU HUMILLACION NO SE LE HIZO JUSTICIA; ¿QUIEN CONTARA SU GENERACION? PORQUE SU VIDA ES QUITADA DE LA TIERRA.