Acts 8:29
God’s Spirit told Philip, “Go near to that chariot and keep walking close to the man who is riding in it!”
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.
In Context
Cross References
Isaiah 65:24Before they call to me to help them, I will answer; I will answer their prayers while they are still praying for me to do something for them.
Acts 10:19While Peter was still trying to understand what the vision meant, God’s Spirit said to him, “Three men are here who want to see you.
Acts 13:2While they were worshipping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said to them, “Appoint Barnabas and Saul to serve me and to go and do the work that I have chosen them to do!”
Acts 20:22“And now note this: I am going to Jerusalem, because God’s Spirit has clearly shown me that I must go there. I do not know what will happen to me while I am there.
1 Corinthians 12:11It is the same Spirit who gives all these abilities. He gives whatever abilities he wants to give, to whatever person he wants to give them.
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 →