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 16:6,
Go near, and join thyself to this chariot. This would reveal to Philip the hitherto unknown object of his journey, and encourage him to expect some fruit of his interview with this stranger.
Verse 29. _THEN THE SPIRIT SAID UNTO PHILIP_] This holy man having obeyed the first direction he received from God, and gone southward without knowing the reason why, it was requisite that he should...
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 origin....
PART II The Witness to Samaria. Saul's Conversion and Peter's Witness in Caesarea. Chapter s 8-12 CHAPTER 8 _ 1. The first great persecution (Acts 8:1)._ 2. The preaching of the scattered believ...
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; not s...
THE FIRST OF THE MARTYRS (Acts 7:54-60 ; Acts 8:1) 8:1 As they listened to this their very hearts were torn with vexation and they gnashed their teeth at him. But he was full of the Holy Spirit and h...
The angel of the Lord spoke to Philip and said, "Rise and go to the south by the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza; that is Gaza in the desert." So he arose and went. Now, look you, an Ethiop...
THEN. And. THE SPIRIT, i.e. the angel. App-101. JOIN THYSELF. Greek. _kollaomai._ See note on Acts 5:13....
_Then_[And] _the Spirit said unto Philip_ i.e. by a prompting from within. _Go near, and join thyself to this chariot_ No doubt this royal treasurer had a numerous retinue, and a single traveller on...
PHILIP BAPTIZES AN ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH...
ΕἾΠΕΝ ΔῈ ΤῸ ΠΝΕΥ͂ΜΑ ΤΩ͂Ι ΦΙΛΊΠΠΩΙ, _and the Spirit said unto Philip_, i.e. by some inward prompting. ΠΡΌΣΕΛΘΕ ΚΑῚ ΚΟΛΛΉΘΗΤΙ Κ.Τ.Λ., _go near and join thyself to this chariot_. No doubt this royal trea...
_CHRIST IS PREACHED TO AN ETHIOPIAN ACTS 8:27-35:_ This account is the story of a preacher (Philip) and a sinner (the Ethiopian). When God said “go,” Philip went to do the will of the Heavenly Father....
ΕΊΠΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ, _см._ Acts 8:6. ΠΡΌΣΕΛΘΕ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΠΡΟΣΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G4334) подходить, ΚΟΛΛΉΘΗΤΙ _aor. imper. pass. от_ ΚΟΛΛΆΩ (G2853) связывать вместе; _pass._ присоединяться...
D. THE LATER WORK OF PHILIP. Acts 8:26-40. 1. ON THE ROAD FROM JERUSALEM TO GAZA. Acts 8:26-39. Acts 8:26 But an angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto th...
29. Just as Philip entered the road to which he had been directed by the angel, and saw the chariot before him, the Holy Spirit began to work for the conversion of the treasurer. And where does he beg...
26 It is notable that the messenger, or angel, who spoke to Philip is also called "the spirit" (29) and "the spirit of the Lord" (39). This suggests that these expressions may refer to created beings...
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 acquaintan...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 8 SAUL *PERSECUTES THE CHRISTIANS, 8:1-4 V1 Saul approved of Stephen’s murder. That same day, the Christians in *Jerusalem suffered very much....
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....
τὸ πνεῦμα εἶπεν : nothing inconsistent with the previous statement that an angel had spoken to him, as Weiss supposes by referring the angel visit to a reviser. There was no reason why the angel shoul...
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 his bus...
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...
Preaching to the Ethiopian At this point, Luke told Theophilus that Philip was directed by an angel of the Lord to go south to a place along the Jerusalem to Gaza road where no people lived. When an i...
THE CONVERSION OF THE ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH 26-40. After the apostles have completed their Samaritan tour and returned to Jerusalem, leaving Philip surrounded by hosts of his converts pressing the battle,...
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 m...
We are now arrived at a turning-point in the history, not merely of the church, but of the unfolding of the truth of God, and the manifestation of His ways. The death of Stephen, therefore, has in var...
Saul was present at Stephen's death, and consenting to it. [14] This is the end of the first phase of the assembly of God its history in immediate connection with Jerusalem and the Jews, as the centre...
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, Acts 8:3...
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 i...
THE SPIRIT; the Holy Spirit....
THEN THE SPIRIT SAID UNTO PHILIP, GO NEAR AND JOIN THYSELF TO THIS CHARIOT....
The text from Isaiah:...
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 a...
THEN THE SPIRIT SAID TO PHILIP, " GO NEAR AND OVERTAKE THIS CHARIOT. " 1. Philip is now told - this chariot is his mission. 2. Go near and join this chariot....
And the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot. 'THE SPIRIT'-The Holy Spirit. 'GO NEAR, AND JOIN THYSELF TO THIS CHARIOT'- Points to Note: 'There are many people today w...
26-40 Philip was directed to go to a desert. Sometimes God opens a door of opportunity to his ministers in very unlikely places. We should study to do good to those we come into company with by trave...
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 THIS CHARIOT;...
29. Just as Philip entered the road to which he had been directed by the angel, and saw the chariot before him, the Holy Spirit began to work for the conversion of the treasurer. And where does he beg...
Acts 8:29 Then G1161 Spirit G4151 said G2036 (G5627) Philip G5376 near G4334 (G5628) and G2532 overtake...
‘And the Spirit said to Philip, “Go near, and join yourself to this chariot.” ' It was quite normal for solitary travellers to join themselves up with a travelling caravan for safety reasons, and so P...
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 there i...
JOIN THYSELF (κολληθητ). See this vivid word (be glued to, first aorist passive imperative) already in Acts 5:13; Luke 10:11; Luke 15:15. Philip probably jumped on the running board on the side of...
Acts 8:4. _Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word. Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them. And the people with one accord ga...
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 gre...
CONTENTS: Saul persecuting Christians. The first missionaries. The case of Simon, the sorcerer. Philip and the Ethiopian. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Saul, Stephen, Philip, Simon, apostles,...
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 Ecclesiastical...
THE HOLY SPIRIT SAID TO PHILIP. Notice the Spirit sends Philip to this man....
_Then said the Spirit to Philip, Go near._ LESSONS FROM THE DESERT WAYS These two men were alike in a few respects, but in all others different. Both were travellers, both were stewards, and each had...
_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 Lor...
_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 “Simony” for...
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 in his life i...
We are introduced now to one of the chief persecutors. A zealous young Jew, a Pharisee of the Pharisees, whose name is Saul. And he was standing by, consenting to the death of Stephen, holding the coa...
1 Corinthians 12:11; 1 Timothy 4:1; Acts 10:19; Acts 11:12; Acts 13:2
Join thyself [κ ο λ λ η θ η τ ι]. See on Luke 14:15; Luke 10:11; Acts 5:12....
THE ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH Acts 8:26 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 has ascrib...