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# General Information:
This verse gives background information about the man from Ethiopia. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/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/jit/writing-participants]])
The word "behold" alerts us to a new person in the story. Your language may have a way of doing this.
# 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.
The emphasis of "eunuch" here is about the Ethiopian's being a high government official, and also 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/jit/translate-names]])
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.
# 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. Alternate translation: "He had come to worship God at the temple in Jerusalem" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
"He had come to worship God at the temple in Jerusalem"