Acts 8:29

Mace New Testament

then the spirit said unto Philip, go near, and advance to his chariot.

Parallel Translations

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

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

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."

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."

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.

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

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

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

Contemporary English Version
The Spirit told Philip to catch up with the chariot.

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

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.

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.

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

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."

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.

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."

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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?"

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."

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

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."

Contextual Overview

²⁶ Now an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, arise, and go toward the south, by the way that leads from Jerusalem to Gaza, in the desart. ²⁷ accordingly he departed: and met a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, and was her high-treasurer: he had been at Jerusalem, to perform the duties of a proselyte, ²⁸ but was now upon his return, and sat in his chariot, reading the prophet Esaias. ²⁹ then the spirit said unto Philip, go near, and advance to his chariot. ³⁰ Philip ran to him, and hearing him read the prophet Esaias, said, do you understand what you read? ³¹ how can I, answer'd he, without some expositor? and he desired Philip to mount, and sit with him. ³² the passage of the scripture which he read, was this, "he was led as a sheep to the slaughter, and like a lamb before his shearer, was dumb, so opened he not his mouth: ³³ in his humiliation he was judged, he was taken off: and who shall describe the men of his time? for the land has taken away his life." ³⁴ and the eunuch answered Philip, and said, pray, of whom does the prophet say this? of himself, or of some other? ³⁵ then Philip enter'd upon the subject, and show'd how the whole passage was applicable to 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.