“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.
Church Fathers on Acts 8:35
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. And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray you, of whom speaks the prophet this? Of himself, or of some other man? Then Philip…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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