“ Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot. ”
The Spirit - See the notes on Acts 8:26 . The Holy Spirit is evidently intended here. The thought in Philip’s mind is here traced to his suggestion. All good thoughts and designs have the same o...
Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch. Philip appears again; we are not told where, but the instruction given him by the angel shows that he was not at Jerusalem; he is to go southward ( mg. at noon; no...
Then . And. the Spirit , i.e. the angel. App-101. join thyself. Greek. kollaomai. See note on Acts 5:13 .
Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot. Then the Spirit said unto Philip - This holy man having obeyed the first direction he received from God, and gone southwar...
Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot. Then the Spirit said unto Philip - by an unmistakable voice within, as in Acts 10:19 ; Acts 16:6-7 , Go near,...
Philip in Samaria. Simon Magus The graphic details of the ministry of Philip which follow, were doubtless obtained from Philip himself. St. Luke stayed at his house at Cæsarea, and made the acquai...
Join thyself to this chariot. — The act implied is that of laying hold and, as it were, attaching himself to the chariot in which the eunuch rode.
Winning a Traveler Acts 8:26-40 From the great city revival in Samaria Philip was led to the desert to minister to one seeking soul. It seems strange that God should be able to spare him from h...
The popular outburst against Christianity evidenced in the martyrdom of Stephen was general. Members of the Church at Jerusalem were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. How dark the day seemed to...
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...
Then the Spirit said unto Philip ,.... Not the angel, a ministering Spirit, as in Acts 8:26 but the Holy Spirit, as the Syriac and Ethiopic versions read, the same with the Spirit of the Lord, Ac...
Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot. Ver. 29. Then the Spirit said ] sc. By revelation, or secret inspiration.
Then the Spirit By that secret suggestion which inspired persons could distinguish with certainty as divine revelation; said to Philip, Go near Now Philip shall know the reason of his being sent...
As a wild beast tasting blood, the Jews were the more inflamed by the martyrdom of Stephen to greatly persecute the Church of God at Jerusalem. For this reason believers were scattered through Judea...
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...
The Spirit said, either by the ministry of an angel, as Acts 8:26 , or by inspiration immediately by himself. Go near; so near that you may speak with him that sits in it. Join thyself to thi...
The Ministry of Philip To The Ethiopian Eunuch (8:26-39). Meanwhile God was now satisfied that the Samaritan church was sufficiently equipped to carry on and He calls Philip elsewhere to where the...
CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 8:18 . And when Simon saw .—Most likely through hearing the baptised speak with tongues. He offered them money .—From Simon’s name and proposal arose the expression “Simon...
Stephen had been stoned to death; but with his latest breath he prayed for his murderers. Then this chapter begins: Acts 8:1 . And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a...
Acts 8:1 . At that time there was a great persecution against the church. With regard to this very tremendous storm which suddenly burst on the infant church, Cardinal Baronius, in his Ecclesiasti...
And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go. Man versus angel Why didn’t the angel go himself? Because this was a mission where a man was worth more than an angel. In the...
EXPOSITION Acts 8:1 There arose on that day for at that time there was, A.V. ; in for at, A.V. Saul was consenting to his death . St. Paul's repeated reference to this sad episode i...
Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near and join thyself to this chariot.
1 Corinthians 12:11 ; 1 Timothy 4:1 ; Acts 10:19 ; Acts 11:12 ; Acts 13:2-4 ; Acts 16:6 ; Acts 16:7 ; Acts 20:22 ; Acts 20:23 ; Hosea 6:3 ; Isaiah 65:24
The Ethiopian Eunuch Acts 8:26-40 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The subject of our sermon today, is "The Ethiopian Eunuch." There is a wonderful vision of God given in the 68th Psalm. After the Prophet h...