“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.”
When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him again, but went on his way rejoicing - the eunuch emerges from baptism 'rejoicing' (chairō, joyful), the eschatological emotion of the kingdom. Philip is 'suddenly taken away' (harpazō autos pneuma kyriou, the Spirit snatched Philip away) in a miraculous translation, suggesting divine satisfaction with the mission: the Ethiopian eunuch has been evangelized, converted, and baptized. Philip's work is done; he is transported to the next mission.
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