# Connecting Statement: This begins the part of the story about Philip and the man from Ethiopia. # General Information: Verse 27 gives background information about the man from Ethiopia. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background]]) # Now This marks a transition in the story. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-newevent]]) # Arise and go These verbs work together to emphasize that he should get ready to start a long journey that will take some time. AT: "Get ready to travel" # goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza The phrase "goes down" is used here because Jerusalem is higher in elevation than Gaza. # This road is in a desert Most scholars believe Luke added this comment to describe the area through which Philip would travel. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background]]) # Behold The word "behold" alerts us to a new person in the story. Your language may have a way of doing this. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-participants]]) # eunuch The emphasis of "eunuch" here is about the Ethiopian's being a high government official, not so much his physical state of being castrated. # Candace This was a title for the queens of Ethiopia. It is similar to the way the word Pharaoh was used for the kings of Egypt. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]]) # He had come to Jerusalem to worship This implies that he was a Gentile who believed in God and had come to worship at the Jewish temple. AT: "He had come to worship God at the temple in Jerusalem" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]]) # chariot Possibly "wagon" or "carriage" is more fitting in this context. Chariots are normally mentioned as a vehicle for war, not as a vehicle for long-distance travel. Also, people stood to ride in chariots. # reading the prophet Isaiah This is the Old Testament book Isaiah. AT: "reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]]) # translationWords * [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/angel]] * [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/lordgod]] * [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/philip]] * [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/jerusalem]] * [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/gaza]] * [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/desert]] * [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/raise]] * [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/ethiopia]] * [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/eunuch]] * [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/queen]] * [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/chariot]] * [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/prophet]] * [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/isaiah]]