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Acts 8:39

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.

KJV

ὅτε δὲ ἀνέβησαν ἐκ τοῦ ὕδατος, πνεῦμα κυρίου ἥρπασεν τὸν Φίλιππον, καὶ οὐκ εἶδεν αὐτὸν οὐκέτι ὁ εὐνοῦχος· ἐπορεύετο γὰρ τὴν ὁδὸν αὐτοῦ χαίρων.

Greek NT

Cum autem ascendissent de aqua, Spiritus Domini rapuit Philippum, et amplius non vidit eum eunuchus. Ibat autem per viam suam gaudens.

Vulgate

And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip; and the eunuch saw him no more, for he went on his way rejoicing.

ASV

And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord took away Philip: and the eunuch saw him no more. And he went on his way rejoicing.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

20 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Φίλιππος
philippos
noun · 36×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εὐνοῦχος
eunouchos
noun · 8×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὐκέτι
ouketi
adverb · 47×
πνεῦμα
pneuma
noun · 379×
πορεύομαι
poreuomai
verb · 155×
χαίρω
chairo
verb · 74×
ἀναβαίνω
anabaino
verb · 81×
ἁρπάζω
arpazo
verb · 14×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
o
article · 19778×
ὁδός
odos
noun · 101×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×
ὅτε
ote
adverb · 100×
ὕδωρ
udor
noun · 76×

Miracle

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

We believe that Christian baptism is the immersion in water of a believer, into the name of the Father, and Son, and Holy Ghost; to show forth, in a solemn and beautiful emblem, our faith in the crucified, buried, and risen Savior, with its effect in our death to sin and resurrection to a new life; that it is prerequisite to the privileges of a church relation; and to the Lord'…

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 18:12 — And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me:
  • 1Kgs 18:12 — And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me:
  • 1Thess 4:17 — Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
  • 2Cor 12:2 — I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
  • 2Cor 12:2 — I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
  • 2Kgs 2:16 — And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast hi
  • 2Kgs 2:16 — And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast hi
  • Acts 8:8 — And there was great joy in that city.
  • Acts 16:34 — And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.
  • Ezek 3:12 — Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a great rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of the LORD from his place.
  • Ezek 3:12 — Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a great rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of the LORD from his place.
  • Ezek 8:3 — And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door o
  • Ezek 11:1 — Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the LORD’s house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the
  • Ezek 11:24 — Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.
  • Ezek 37:1 — The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones,
  • Ezek 43:5 — So the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house.
  • Ezek 43:5 — So the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house.
  • Luke 4:1 — And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
  • Mark 1:10 — And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him:
  • Rev 21:10 — And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
  • Rom 15:10 — And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.