“Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.”
Then Philip began with that very passage of Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus - Philip's hermeneutics are christological: starting 'with that very passage of Scripture' (apo tēs graphēs tautēs), he 'told him the good news about Jesus' (euangeliseto autō ton Iēsoun). Isaiah 53 becomes a template for understanding Jesus's passion. The eunuch's ignorance is met with Philip's proclamation; tradition holds that Philip also used Isaiah 52:13-53:12, the full suffering servant passage.
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