Matthew Poole and continuators on Acts 8:27

27 And he arose and went: and behold a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,

The Ethiopians were the most despicable unto the Iews; and Homer calls them, [non-Latin text not transcribed]; but God would now shew, that there is no difference of Nations with him; but in every Nation, he that worketh righteousness, shall be accepted, Chap 10.35▪

A name common to the Queens of that Countrey; as all the Kings of Egypt were called Pharaoh's, and the Emperors of Germany are called C[illegible: 1 letter]sars.

Being a Proselite, he had been to worship God in that solemn Festival of the Passover.

In great esteem in Courts, especially to attend on Queens, to avoid all suspicion; here that prophesie was fulfilled, Isaiah 56.4, 5. Tho both in the Hebrew, and (anciently) in the Greek tongue, an Eunuch signified more largely, viz. any attendant in the Chamber.

Marginal references: Zeph. 3.10:; John 12.20▪