Act 8:27 | RWP | e4.org | A eunuch of great authority ( ευνουχος δυναστης ). Eunuchs were often employed by oriental rulers in high posts. Dynasty comes from this old word δυναστης used of princes in and of God in . Eunuchs were not allowed to be Jews in the full sense ( ), but only proselytes of the gate. But Christianity is spreading to Samaritans and to eunuchs. Candace ( Κανδακης ). Not a personal name, but like Pharaoh and Ptolemy, the title of the queens of Ethiopia. This eunuch apparently brought the gospel to Ethiopia. Treasure ( γαζης ). Persian word, common in late Greek and Latin for the royal treasure, here only in the N.T. For to worship ( προσκυνησων ). Future active participle expressing purpose, a common idiom in the ancient Greek, but rare in the N.T. (Robertson, Grammar , p. 1128).

‏ Acts 8:27

A eunuch of great authority ( ευνουχος δυναστης ). Eunuchs were often employed by oriental rulers in high posts. Dynasty comes from this old word δυναστης used of princes in Lu 1:52 and of God in 1Ti 6:15. Eunuchs were not allowed to be Jews in the full sense (De 23:1), but only proselytes of the gate. But Christianity is spreading to Samaritans and to eunuchs.

Candace ( Κανδακης ). Not a personal name, but like Pharaoh and Ptolemy, the title of the queens of Ethiopia. This eunuch apparently brought the gospel to Ethiopia.

Treasure ( γαζης ). Persian word, common in late Greek and Latin for the royal treasure, here only in the N.T.

For to worship ( προσκυνησων ). Future active participle expressing purpose, a common idiom in the ancient Greek, but rare in the N.T. (Robertson, Grammar, p. 1128).