Acts 8:29
The Spirit said to Philip, “Go up to the carriage over there and keep close to it.”
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.
In Context
28and was now on his way home, sitting in his carriage and reading the prophet Isaiah.
Cross References
Acts 10:19Peter was still pondering over the vision, when the Spirit said to him, “There are two men looking for you at this moment.
Acts 13:2While they were engaged in the worship of the Lord and were fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul, for the work to which I have called them.”
Acts 20:22And now, under spiritual constraint, I am here on my way to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there,
1 Corinthians 12:11All these result from one and the same Spirit, who distributes his gifts to each individually as he wills.
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 →