“Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.”
The Spirit told Philip, 'Go to that chariot and stay near it' - the 'Spirit' (pneuma, here the Holy Spirit) directs Philip's approach: 'Go to that chariot and stay near it' (proselethe kai kolebōu tō harmaxē tautē). Divine guidance is specific and immediate. Philip is the missionary, but the Spirit is the guide; the missionary operation depends on spiritual direction.
Church Fathers on Acts 8:29
sitting in his chariot he read. And, it says, the Spirit said to Philip, Go near, and join yourself to this chariot. And Philip ran there to him, and heard him reading the prophet Esaias, and said, Do you understand what you read? And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? Acts 8:29-31 Observe again his piety; that though he did not understand, he read, and then after reading, examines.
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