Acts Chapter 8 verse 40 Holy Bible
But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached the gospel to all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.
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But Philip came to Azotus, and went through all the towns, preaching the good news, till he came to Caesarea.
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And Philip was found at Azotus, and passing through he announced the glad tidings to all the cities till he came to Caesarea.
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But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.
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But Philip was found at Azotus. Passing through, he preached the Gospel to all the cities, until he came to Caesarea.
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and Philip was found at Azotus, and passing through, he was proclaiming good news to all the cities, till his coming to Cesarea.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 40. - He preached the gospel to all the cities for he preached in all the cities, A.V. The sudden rapture of Philip by the Spirit, and his transportation to Azotus, or Ashdod, reminds us forcibly of 1 Kings 18:12, and of the successive journeys of Elijah just prior to his translation. In Philip's case we may suppose a kind of trance, which was not ended till he found himself at Azotus. Passing through. For διέρχομαι (there rendered "went about"), see ver. 4, note. To Caesarea; where we find him domiciled (Acts 21:8). Such coincidences, appearing in the narrative without any explanation, are strong marks of truth. "He journeyed northward from Ashdod, perhaps through Ekron, Ramah, Joppa, and the plain of Sharon" (Meyer).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(40) Philip was found at Azotus.--The city so named, the Ashdod of the Old Testament, was, like Gaza, one of the cities of the Philistines, about three miles from the sea, and half-way between Gaza and Joppa. Like Gaza its history was chiefly marked by successive sieges: by Tartan, the Assyrian General B.C. 716 (Isaiah 20:1); by Psammetichus, B.C. 630, (Herod. ii. 157); the Maccabees (1 Maccabees 5:68; 1 Maccabees 10:34). It was restored by the Roman general Gabinius in B.C. 55. In remoter times it had been one of the headquarters of the worship of Dagon (1Samuel 5:5), The old name lingers in the modern Esdud, but the city has sunk into a decayed village. The narrative suggests the thought that here also Philip continued his work as an evangelist. Philistia was, as of old, to be joined with Ethiopia in furnishing the city of God with converts who should be written among the people (Psalm 87:4).He preached in all the cities.--The route which Philip would naturally take on this journey led through Lydda and Joppa, and we may probably trace the effect of his labours in the appearance in Acts 9:32; Acts 9:36, of organised and apparently flourishing Christian societies in both these towns. . . .
