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Acts 8:29

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29 The Spirit told Philip, “Go to that chariot and stay near it.”
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Acts 8:29 in Other Translations

KJV
29 Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.
ESV
29 And the Spirit said to Philip, "Go over and join this chariot."
NLT
29 The Holy Spirit said to Philip, “Go over and walk along beside the carriage.”
MSG
29 The Spirit told Philip, "Climb into the chariot."
CSB
29 The Spirit told Philip, "Go and join that chariot."

Acts 8:29 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 8:29

Then the Spirit said unto Philip
Not the angel, a ministering Spirit, as in ( Acts 8:26 ) but the Holy Spirit, as the Syriac and Ethiopic versions read, the same with the Spirit of the Lord, ( Acts 8:39 ) who spoke unto him, either by an articulative voice, such as was the Bath Kol among the Jews; or inwardly, by a secret impulse upon him, he directed him, saying:

go near, and join thyself to this chariot;
he bid him make up to the chariot, he saw driving on the road at such a distance, and follow it, and attend it closely; and not leave it, till an opportunity of conversing with the person in it offered.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Acts 8:29 In-Context

27 So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, an important official in charge of all the treasury of the Kandake (which means “queen of the Ethiopians”). This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship,
28 and on his way home was sitting in his chariot reading the Book of Isaiah the prophet.
29 The Spirit told Philip, “Go to that chariot and stay near it.”
30 Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.
31 “How can I,” he said, “unless someone explains it to me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Acts 10:19; Acts 11:12; Acts 13:2; Acts 20:23; Acts 21:11
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