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.
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Gill's Exposition
But Philip was found at Azotus,.... The same with the Ashdod of the Philistines, famous for the temple of Dagon, Sa1 5:1 where the Septuagint call it Azotus, as here: and so it is called in the…
Barnes' Notes
Out of the water - ἐκ ek. This preposition stands opposed to εἰς eis, “into”; and as that may mean to, so this may mean From; if that means into, this means here out of. The Spirit of the Lord - See…
Adam Clarke
The Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip - Perhaps this means no more than that the Holy Spirit suggested to the mind of Philip that he should withdraw abruptly from the eunuch, and thus leave him to…
We have here the story of the conversion of an Ethiopian eunuch to the faith of Christ, by whom, we have reason to think, the knowledge of Christ was sent into that country where he lived, and that…
Cambridge Bible
the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip Just as Obadiah expected Elijah would be caught away while he himself went on his errand to Ahab (1Ki 18:12). Compare the language of Ezekiel (Act 3:12; Act…
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