Acts 8:29

Contemporary English Version

The Spirit told Philip to catch up with the chariot.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The Spirit told Philip, “Go and join that chariot.”

King James Version (1611)
Then the Spirit saide vnto Philip, Goe neere, and ioyne thy selfe to this charet.

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

English Standard Version
And the Spirit said to Philip, "Go over and join this chariot."

New American Standard Bible
Then the Spirit said to Philip, "Go up and join this chariot."

New Century Version
The Spirit said to Philip, "Go to that chariot and stay near it."

Amplified Bible
Then the [Holy] Spirit said to Philip, "Go up and join this chariot."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the Spirit said to Philip, "Go up and join this chariot."

Legacy Standard Bible
Then the Spirit said to Philip, "Go over and join this chariot."

Berean Standard Bible
The Spirit said to Philip, "Go over to that chariot and stay by it."

Complete Jewish Bible
The Spirit said to Philip, "Go over to this chariot, and stay close to it."

Darby Translation
And the Spirit said to Philip, Approach and join this chariot.

Easy-to-Read Version
The Spirit said to Philip, "Go to that chariot and stay near it."

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then the Spirit said vnto Philip, Goe neere and ioyne thy selfe to yonder charet.

George Lamsa Translation
And the Spirit said to Philip, Go near and keep close to the chariot.

Good News Translation
The Holy Spirit said to Philip, "Go over to that carriage and stay close to it."

Lexham English Bible
And the Spirit said to Philip, "Approach and join this chariot."

Literal Translation
And the Spirit said to Philip, Go near and join yourself to this chariot.

American Standard Version
And the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.

Bible in Basic English
And the Spirit said to Philip, Go near, and get on his carriage.

Hebrew Names Version
The Spirit said to Pilipos, "Go near, and join yourself to this chariot."

International Standard Version
The Spirit said to Philip, "Go to that chariot and stay close to it."

Etheridge Translation
And the Spirit of Holiness said to Philipos, Approach, and join the chariot.

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

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then the spirite said vnto Philip: Go neare, & ioyne thy selfe to yonder charet.

English Revised Version
And the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.

World English Bible
The Spirit said to Philip, "Go near, and join yourself to this chariot."

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Then the Spirit said to Philip, Go near and join thyself to this chariot.

Weymouth's New Testament
Then the Spirit said to Philip, "Go and enter that chariot."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the spirit seide to Filip, Neiye thou, and ioyne thee to this chare.

Update Bible Version
And the Spirit said to Philip, Go near, and join yourself to this chariot.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then the Spirit said to Philip, Go near and join thyself to this chariot.

New English Translation
Then the Spirit said to Philip, "Go over and join this chariot."

New King James Version
Then the Spirit said to Philip, "Go near and overtake this chariot."

New Living Translation
The Holy Spirit said to Philip, "Go over and walk along beside the carriage."

New Life Bible
The Holy Spirit said to Philip, "Go over to that wagon and get on it."

New Revised Standard
Then the Spirit said to Philip, "Go over to this chariot and join it."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the Spirit said unto Philip - Go near, and join thyself unto this chariot!

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Spirit said to Philip: Go near and join thyself to this chariot.

Revised Standard Version
And the Spirit said to Philip, "Go up and join this chariot."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Then ye sprete sayde vnto Phillip: Goo neare and ioyne thy selfe to yonder charet.

Young's Literal Translation
And the Spirit said to Philip, `Go near, and be joined to this chariot;'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The sprete sayde vnto Philippe: Go neare, and ioyne thy selfe to yonder charet.

Mace New Testament (1729)
then the spirit said unto Philip, go near, and advance to his chariot.

THE MESSAGE
The Spirit told Philip, "Climb into the chariot." Running up alongside, Philip heard the eunuch reading Isaiah and asked, "Do you understand what you're reading?"

Simplified Cowboy Version
The Holy Spirit told Phil, "Ride up beside that chariot and stay there."

Contextual Overview

²⁶ The Lord's angel said to Philip, "Go south along the desert road that leads from Jerusalem to Gaza." ²⁷ So Philip left. An important Ethiopian official happened to be going along that road in his chariot. He was the chief treasurer for Candace, the Queen of Ethiopia. The official had gone to Jerusalem to worship ²⁸ and was now on his way home. He was sitting in his chariot, reading the book of the prophet Isaiah. ²⁹ The Spirit told Philip to catch up with the chariot. ³⁰ Philip ran up close and heard the man reading aloud from the book of Isaiah. Philip asked him, "Do you understand what you are reading?" ³¹ The official answered, "How can I understand unless someone helps me?" He then invited Philip to come up and sit beside him. ³² The man was reading the passage that said, "He was led like a sheep on its way to be killed. He was silent as a lamb whose wool is being cut off, and he did not say a word. ³³ He was treated like a nobody and did not receive a fair trial. How can he have children, if his life is snatched away?" ³⁴ The official said to Philip, "Tell me, was the prophet talking about himself or about someone else?" ³⁵ So Philip began at this place in the Scriptures and explained the good news about Jesus.

Bible Verse Review
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Acts 10:19, Acts 11:12, Acts 13:2-4, Acts 16:6, Acts 16:7, Acts 20:22, Acts 20:23, Isaiah 65:24, Hosea 6:3, 1 Corinthians 12:11, 1 Timothy 4:1

Reciprocal: Luke 2:27 - by

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 8:39 who spoke unto him, either by an articulative voice, such as was the Bath Kol among the Jews; or inwardly, by a secret impulse upon him, he directed him, saying:

go near, and join thyself to this chariot; he bid him make up to the chariot, he saw driving on the road at such a distance, and follow it, and attend it closely; and not leave it, till an opportunity of conversing with the person in it offered.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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.

Join thyself - Join him in his chariot. Go and sit with him.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

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 now be informed of the object of his mission: the Spirit said unto him, go near, and join thyself, c. The angel who had given him the first direction had departed and the influence of the Holy Spirit now completed the information. It is likely that what the Spirit did in this case was by a strong impression on his mind, which left him no doubt of its being from God.