Acts 8:39

and when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, and the eunuch saw him no more, for he was going on his way rejoicing;

Young's Literal Translation

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 stand still, and they both went down to the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him;

40and Philip was found at Azotus, and passing through, he was proclaiming good news to all the cities, till his coming to Caesarea.

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Cross References

2 Kings 2:16and say unto him, 'Lo, we pray thee, there are with thy servants fifty men, sons of valour: let them go, we pray thee, and they seek thy lord, lest the Spirit of Jehovah hath taken him up, and doth cast him on one of the hills, or into one of the valleys;' and he saith, 'Ye do not send.'

Psalms 119:111I have inherited Thy testimonies to the age, For the joy of my heart [are] they.

Isaiah 55:12For with joy ye go forth, And with peace ye are brought in, The mountains and the hills Break forth before you [with] singing, And all trees of the field clap the hand.

Isaiah 66:13As one whom his mother comforteth, so do I comfort you, Yea, in Jerusalem ye are comforted.

Ezekiel 8:3And He putteth forth a form of a hand, and taketh me by a lock of my head, and lift me up doth a spirit between the earth and the heavens, and it bringeth me in to Jerusalem in visions of God, unto the opening of the inner gate that is facing the north, where [is] the seat of the figure of jealousy that is making jealous,

Ezekiel 11:24And a spirit hath lifted me up, and bringeth me in to Chaldea, unto the Removed, in a vision, by the Spirit of God, and go up from off me doth the vision that I have seen;

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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