{Was reading} (anegin(9373)ken). Imperfect active descriptive,
not periphrastic like the two preceding verbs (was returning and
sitting). He was reading aloud as Philip "heard him reading"
((886b)ousen auton anagin(9373)kontos), a common practice among
orientals. He had probably purchased this roll of Isaiah in
Jerusalem and was reading the LXX Greek text. See imperfect again
in verse  32 .