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Act 8:39. Ἥρπασε, caught away) with miraculous velocity, without any action or exertion on the part of Philip, to a distance; as was needed in a pathless region. Such things often happened to the prophets: 1Ki 18:12; 2Ki 2:16. The same verb occurs, 2Co 12:2; 2Co 12:4; 1Th 4:17. By this very mode of departure the faith of the Eunuch was confirmed. By a like mode of transit one or two apostles might (may) have reached even America, if no other way was open to them.-γὰρ) in the strict sense, for. He did not see, nor did he anxiously care to see, Philip more, by reason of joy. He who has obtained the Scripture and Christ can now dispense with a human guide. We do not read of the imposition of hands on the Eunuch.-[χαίρων, rejoicing) To a soul disposed aright, what an amount of good can be vouchsafed at one and the same time!-V. g.]