Acts 8:29

29 Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near , and join thyself to this 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.

Acts 8:29 In-Context

27 And he arose and went : and, behold , a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship ,

28 Was returning , and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet.

29 Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near , and join thyself to this chariot.

30 And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said , Understandest thou what thou readest ?

31 And he said , How can I , except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.