Verse 28
28. Was returning Very probably he may have been in Jerusalem at the time of Stephen’s martyrdom, when the city was rife with the name of Jesus and his Nazarenes.
In his chariot In vain, at the present day, does the traveller look for such a thing as a chariot in this country. This very desert is more a desert now than when the eunuch travelled by its route. The barbarism of the Mohammedan conquerors of the country has abolished all vehicles, and camels, mules, and asses are the only means of conveyance. A better day is coming when these vile intruders will be vanquished, and the railway will send its wonders through this land.
Reading The rabbies had a maxim which the eunuch here well practises: “The companionless traveller should employ his thoughts in study of the law.”
Esaias The Greek form for Isaiah.
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