{Beginning from this scripture} (arxamenos apo t(8873) graph(8873)
taut(8873)). As a text. Philip needed no better opening than this
Messianic passage in Isaiah. {Preached unto him Jesus}
(eu(8867)gelisato aut(9369) ton I(8873)oun). Philip had no doubt about the
Messianic meaning and he knew that Jesus was the Messiah. There
are scholars who do not find Jesus in the Old Testament at all,
but Jesus himself did ( Lu 24:27 ) as Philip does here.
Scientific study of the Old Testament (historical research)
misses its mark if it fails to find Christ the Center of all
history. The knowledge of the individual prophet is not always
clear, but after events throw a backward light that illumines it
all ( 1Pe 1:11f.  2Pe 1:19-21 ).