4285-"CAUGHT AWAY"

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Mar 31, 1914

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 41, No. 12.

4285—"CAUGHT AWAY"

Will you please give the correct rendering of the original word or words, "caught away Philip"? Acts 8:39.

This expression is rendered by various commentators, "the angel of the Lord snatched away Philip." "The Critical and Explanatory Commentary," one of the best, remarks: "To deny the miraculous nature of Philip's disappearance is vain. It stands out on the face of the words, as just a repetition of what we read of the ancient prophets, in 1 Kings 18:12; 2 Kings 2:16. And the same word (as Bengel remarks) is employed to express a similar idea in 2 Cor. 12:2, 4; 1 Thess. 4:17. . . . Philip was found at Azotus—'found himself,' 'made his appearance,' an expression confirming the miraculous manner of his transportation."