Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Acts 8:27

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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a man of Ethiopia--Upper Egypt, Meroe. an eunuch of great authority--Eunuchs were generally employed for confidential offices in the East, and to some extent are still. Candace--the family name of the queens of Upper Egypt, like Pharaoh, CÃ&brvbrsar, &c. (as appears from classic authors). had come to Jerusalem to worship--that is, to keep the recent feast of Pentecost, as a Gentile proselyte to the Jewish faith. (See Isa 56:3-8, and Joh 12:20).

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