Act 8:30. Ἤκουσεν, heard) The text was known well to Philip.-ἆρά γε, dost thou at all) A marvellous address to make to one unknown, and him too a great man. In holy conversation we ought, without circumlocution, to come at once to the truth itself. Philip did not make a beginning, as is usually done, with such topics as these-the weather, the news of the day, etc.