Acts 8:29

And the Holy Spirit said to Philip: Go near, and join thyself to the chariot.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

28And as he turned to go, he was sitting in his chariot, and was reading in Isaiah the prophet.

30And when he came near, he heard him reading in Isaiah the prophet; and he said to him: Understandest thou what thou readest?

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Cross References

Acts 10:19And while Simon was reflecting on the vision, the Spirit said to him: Lo, three men are inquiring for thee.

Acts 13:2And while they were fasting and making supplication to God, the Holy Spirit said to them: Separate to me Saul and Barnabas, for the work to which I have called them.

Acts 20:22And now I am bound in spirit, and I go to Jerusalem; and I know not what will befall me there;

1 Corinthians 12:11But all these, worketh that one Spirit; and he distributeth to every one as he pleaseth.

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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