Acts 8:29

And the Spirit said to Philip, Go near, and get on his carriage.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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

In Context

28He was going back, seated in his carriage, and was reading the book of the prophet Isaiah.

30And Philip, running up to him, saw that he was reading Isaiah the prophet, and said to him, Is the sense of what you are reading clear to you?

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Cross References

Acts 10:19And, while Peter was turning the vision over in his mind, the Spirit said to him, See, three men are looking for you.

Acts 13:2And while they were doing the Lord's work, and going without food, the Holy Spirit said, Let Barnabas and Saul be given to me for the special work for which they have been marked out by me.

Acts 20:22And now, as you see, I am going to Jerusalem, a prisoner in spirit, having no knowledge of what will come to me there:

1 Corinthians 12:11But all these are the operations of the one and the same Spirit, giving to every man separately as his pleasure is.

Matthew Henry on Acts 8:27-40

Philip and the Ethiopian. 26 And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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