Acts 8:39

And when they came up from the mikveh mayim, the Ruach Hakodesh of Hashem took Philippos away, and the eunuch did not see him any longer, but was going on his way with lev same'ach. + 8:39 1Kgs 18:12; 2Kgs 2:16; Ezek 3:12,14; 8:3; 11:1,24; 43:5

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing.

In Context

38And he commanded the chariot to stop and both went down into the mikveh mayim, both Philippos and the eunuch, and Philippos gave him Moshiachʼs tevilah of teshuva in the mikveh mayim.

40But Philippos was found in Ashdod, and passing through, he was preaching the Besuras HaGeulah to all the towns until he came to Caesarea.

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Cross References

2 Kings 2:16And they said unto him, Hinei now, there be among thy avadim chamishim anashim bnei chayil (fifty able-bodied men); let them go, now, and look for thy adon; perhaps the Ruach Hashem hath taken him up, and set him down + 2:16 See Ac 8:39-40 upon one of the harim, or in one of the geya'ot (valleys). And he said, Ye shall not send.

Psalms 119:111Thy edot have I taken as a heritage forever: 1 for they are the sasson lev of me. 1

Isaiah 55:12For ye shall go out with simcha, 1 and be led back with shalom; 1 the harim and the geva'ot (hills) 1 shall break forth into singing before you, 1 and kol atzei hasadeh shall clap their hands. 1

Isaiah 66:13As one whom his em comforteth, 1 so will I comfort you; 1 and ye shall be comforted in Yerushalayim. 1

Ezekiel 8:3And He put forth the form of a yad, and took me by a lock of mine rosh; and the Ruach lifted me up between Ha'Aretz and Shomayim, and brought me in mar'ot Elohim ([divinely granted] visions) to Yerushalayim, to the Petach Sha'ar Hapenimit (entrance of the inner gate), the one facing north; where was the moshav (seat) of the semel hakinah (statue of jealousy), which provoketh [ Hashemʼs] jealousy.

Ezekiel 11:24Afterward the Ruach lifted me up, and brought me in a mar'eh (vision) [inspired] by the Ruach Elohim into Kasdim (Chaldea, Babylon), to them of the Golus. So the mareh (vision) that I had seen went up from me.

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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