John Chrysostom, on Acts 8:39

“And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord took away Philip; and the eunuch saw him no more. And he went on his way rejoicing.”

“It was well and expedient therefore that the Spirit caught Philip away; else the eunuch would have desired to go with him, and Philip would have grieved him by declining to comply with his request, the time being not yet come. So that had he known him, he would not have been so delighted.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.