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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
It tells well also, that the eunuch looked not to the outward appearance of the man, said not, "Who art thou?" did not chide, not give himself airs, not say that he did know. On the contrary, he confesses his ignorance: wherefore also he learns. He shows his hurt to the physician: sees at a glance, that he both knows the matter, and is willing to teach. Look how free he is from haughtiness; the outward appearance announced nothing splendid. …
Athanasius of Alexandria
He was not ashamed to confess his ignorance and implored to be taught. Therefore, to him who became a learner, the grace of the Spirit was given. But as for those Jews who persisted in their ignorance; as the proverb says, "Death came upon them. For the fool dies in his sins."
Theophylact of Ohrid
"Do you understand what you are reading?" He asks in a wonderful manner, because he neither flatters, nor praises, nor reproaches him for ignorance. But he asks in such a way as to arouse greater desire and to show that in what is being read there lies a great treasure.
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