8:39-40 What does it mean here that Philip was "caught away" by the Holy Spirit?
8:39-40 What does it mean here that Philip was "caught away" by the Holy Spirit?
Being caught away by the Holy Spirit means that Philip was supernaturally transported - translated bodily - by the Holy Spirit from where he had just baptized the Ethiopian eunuch in the water beside the Gaza Road, to a town approximately 25 miles away, called Azotus.
Being translated bodily here is typical of what will happen to the saints who are still living when Jesus comes back for them at the first resurrection - they will all be bodily translated to Heaven (CP Jn 14:1-3; 1Th 4:13-18).
See also comments on Jn 14:1-3 and 1Th 4:13-18.