“Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet.”
On his way home he was sitting in his chariot reading the Book of Isaiah the prophet - the eunuch travels in a 'chariot' (harmaxi, showing his wealth and status) and reads 'the Book of Isaiah' (biblos Esaias tou profētou) aloud (suggested by 'reading' involving vocalization). Isaiah is the book he is studying, perhaps because of its prophecies concerning the Messiah. His literacy and access to scripture mark him as educated and serious about faith.
Church Fathers on Acts 8:28
It seems to me, this (Philip) was one of the seven; for from Jerusalem he would not have gone southwards, but to the north; but from Samaria it was towards the south. The same is desert: so that there is no fear of an attack from the Jews. And he did not ask, Wherefore? But arose and went. And, behold, it says, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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