Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Acts 8:26
The way which is desert — There were two ways from Jerusalem to Gaza, one desert, the other through a more populous country.
The way which is desert — There were two ways from Jerusalem to Gaza, one desert, the other through a more populous country.
Verse Acts 8:26. _ARISE, AND GO TOWARD THE SOUTH_] How circumstantially particular are these directions! Every thing is so precisely marked that there is no danger of the apostle missing his way. He...
AND THE ANGEL OF THE LORD - The word “angel” is used in the Scriptures in a great variety of significations. See the notes on Matthew 1:20. Here it has been supposed by some to mean literally a celest...
PART II The Witness to Samaria. Saul's Conversion and Peter's Witness in Caesarea. Chapter s 8-12 CHAPTER 8 _ 1. The first great persecution (Acts 8:1)._ 2. The preaching of the scattered believ...
PHILIP AND THE ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH. Philip appears again; we are not told where, but the instruction given him by the angel shows that he was not at Jerusalem; he is to go southward (_mg._ at noon; not s...
THE FIRST OF THE MARTYRS (Acts 7:54-60 ; Acts 8:1) 8:1 As they listened to this their very hearts were torn with vexation and they gnashed their teeth at him. But he was full of the Holy Spirit and h...
The angel of the Lord spoke to Philip and said, "Rise and go to the south by the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza; that is Gaza in the desert." So he arose and went. Now, look you, an Ethiop...
AND. But. THE. an. SPAKE. Greek. _laleo,_ as Acts 8:25. ARISE. Greek. _anistemi._ App-178. TOWARDS. down to. Greek. _kata_. App-104. UNTO. Greek. _epi._ UNTO. Greek. _eis._ App-104. GAZA. One o...
Philip baptizes an Ethiopian Eunuch 26. _And the angel of the Lord_ The Gk. has _an angel_. While Peter and John were carrying on the work of Philip in Samaria, God directs the Evangelist to a new sc...
PHILIP BAPTIZES AN ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH...
ἌΓΓΕΛΟΣ ΔΈ, _and an angel_. God does not let His agents languish for want of occupation. Peter and John are sent to complete the work of Philip in Samaria, but Philip meanwhile is divinely directed to...
ΈΛΆΛΗΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act., см._ Acts 8:25. ΆΝΆΣΤΗΘΙ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΆΝΊΣΤΗΜΙ (G450) подниматься, ΠΟΡΕΎΟΥ _praes. imper. med. (dep.) от_ ΠΟΡΕΎΟΜΑΙ (G4198) идти, ΜΕΣΗΜΒΡΊΑ (G3314) полдень, серед...
AND THE ANGEL OF THE LORD SPAKE UNTO PHILIP,— It gives us a very high idea of the gospel, to see the ministers of it receiving immediate direction from celestial spirits, in the particular discharge o...
D. THE LATER WORK OF PHILIP. Acts 8:26-40. 1. ON THE ROAD FROM JERUSALEM TO GAZA. Acts 8:26-39. Acts 8:26 But an angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto th...
26. When the congregation in Samaria had been supplied _with spiritual gifts,_ and sufficiently instructed to justify leaving them to their own resources for edification, Philip was called away to oth...
And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert. AND THE (OR 'AN') ANGEL OF THE LORD SPAKE...
26 It is notable that the messenger, or angel, who spoke to Philip is also called "the spirit" (29) and "the spirit of the Lord" (39). This suggests that these expressions may refer to created beings...
TOWARD THE SOUTH] or, about midday. Gaza] The town is called DESERT, or deserted, because it had been destroyed, 96 b.c....
PHILIP IN SAMARIA. SIMON MAGUS The graphic details of the ministry of Philip which follow, were doubtless obtained from Philip himself. St. Luke stayed at his house at Cæsarea, and made the acquaintan...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 8 SAUL *PERSECUTES THE CHRISTIANS, 8:1-4 V1 Saul approved of Stephen’s murder. That same day, the Christians in *Jerusalem suffered very much....
AND THE ANGEL OF THE LORD... — Better, _an angel._ The tense of the verbs in the preceding verse, in the better MSS., implies that the events that follow synchronised with the journey of Peter and Joh...
CHAPTER 20 EVANGELISTIC WORK IN THE PHILISTINES' LAND. Acts 8:26; Acts 9:32 I HAVE; united these two incidents, the conversion of the Ethiopian eunuch and the mission of St. Peter to the people of L...
ἄγγελος : on the frequency of angelic appearances, another characteristic of St. Luke, see Friedrich, _Das Lucasevangelium_, pp. 45 and 52 (so Zeller, _Acts_, ii., 224, E.T.), _cf._ Luke 2:9 and Acts...
WINNING A TRAVELER Acts 8:26-40 From the great city revival in Samaria Philip was led to the desert to minister to one seeking soul. It seems strange that God should be able to spare him from his bus...
The popular outburst against Christianity evidenced in the martyrdom of Stephen was general. Members of the Church at Jerusalem were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. How dark the day seemed to...
Preaching to the Ethiopian At this point, Luke told Theophilus that Philip was directed by an angel of the Lord to go south to a place along the Jerusalem to Gaza road where no people lived. When an i...
(11) And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert. (11) Christ, who calls freely whom he...
_This is desert. In construction, whether we regard the Latin or Greek, to be desert, may either agree to the way leading to Gaza, or the city itself, which formerly had been almost destroyed. (Witham...
THE CONVERSION OF THE ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH 26-40. After the apostles have completed their Samaritan tour and returned to Jerusalem, leaving Philip surrounded by hosts of his converts pressing the battle,...
And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert. (27) And he arose and went: and, behold, a m...
We are now arrived at a turning-point in the history, not merely of the church, but of the unfolding of the truth of God, and the manifestation of His ways. The death of Stephen, therefore, has in var...
26._And the angel_. Luke passeth over unto a new history, to wit, how the gospel came even unto the Ethiopians. For though he reporteth there was but one man converted unto the faith of Christ, yet be...
Saul was present at Stephen's death, and consenting to it. [14] This is the end of the first phase of the assembly of God its history in immediate connection with Jerusalem and the Jews, as the centre...
AND THE ANGEL OF THE LORD SPAKE UNTO PHILIP,.... To inquire who this angel was, whether Michael or Gabriel, or the tutelar angel of Ethiopia, or of the eunuch, or of Philip, is too curious; it was one...
And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert. Ver. 26. _Which is desert_] Which way is de...
_And_ After the important affairs above mentioned were despatched at Samaria, and a church was established there, and supplied with proper pastors and teachers; _the angel of the Lord spake unto Phili...
GAZA; a city about sixty miles south-west of Jerusalem, towards Egypt. WHICH IS DESERT; these words are supposed by some to refer to the city as having been recently laid waste. But they more probabl...
THE ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH. The divine commission to Philip:...
AND THE ANGEL OF THE LORD SPAKE UNTO PHILIP, SAYING, ARISE, AND GO TOWARD THE SOUTH UNTO THE WAY THAT GOETH DOWN FROM JERUSALEM UNTO GAZA, WHICH IS DESERT....
As a wild beast tasting blood, the Jews were the more inflamed by the martyrdom of Stephen to greatly persecute the Church of God at Jerusalem. For this reason believers were scattered through Judea a...
NOW AN ANGEL OF THE LORD SPOKE TO PHILIP, SAYING, " ARISE AND GO TOWARD THE SOUTH ALONG THE ROAD WHICH GOES DOWN FROM JERUSALEM TO GAZA. " THIS IS DESERT. 1. Philip is now finished in Samaria. God ha...
But an angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza: the same is desert. 'BUT'-'The tense of the verbs in the prec...
26-40 Philip was directed to go to a desert. Sometimes God opens a door of opportunity to his ministers in very unlikely places. We should study to do good to those we come into company with by trave...
Some speak of two Gazas, one distinguished from the other by this epithet of DESERT; but rather there were two ways unto one and the same Gaza, and that it was not the city but the way unto it, which...
26. When the congregation in Samaria had been supplied _with spiritual gifts,_ and sufficiently instructed to justify leaving them to their own resources for edification, Philip was called away to oth...
Tertullian On Baptism .[24] Tertullian On Baptism evidence that the Lord deemed him worthy had been interposed.[185]...
Acts 8:26 Now G1161 angel G32 Lord G2962 spoke G2980 (G5656) to G4314 Philip G5376 saying G3004 ...
‘But an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, “Arise, and go toward the south to the way which goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza. The same is desert.' The ‘angel of the Lord' tells Philip that he...
THE MINISTRY OF PHILIP TO THE ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH (8:26-39). Meanwhile God was now satisfied that the Samaritan church was sufficiently equipped to carry on and He calls Philip elsewhere to where there i...
_The Acts of Philip the Deacon,Episode of the Conversion and Baptism of the Ethiopian Eunuch, the Treasurer of the Queen of Ethiopia_, 26-40. Acts 8:26. AND THE ANGEL OF THE LORD SPAKE UNTO PHILIP. Th...
TOWARD THE SOUTH (κατα μεσημβριαν). Old word from μεσος and ημερα, midday or noon as in Acts 22:16, the only other example in the N.T. That may be the idea here also, though "towards the South" get...
ANGEL (_ See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4). _ DESERT Contra, (Acts 8:6)....
Acts 8:4. _Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word. Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them. And the people with one accord ga...
Stephen had been stoned to death; but with his latest breath he prayed for his murderers. Then this chapter begins: Acts 8:1. _And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a gre...
CONTENTS: Saul persecuting Christians. The first missionaries. The case of Simon, the sorcerer. Philip and the Ethiopian. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Saul, Stephen, Philip, Simon, apostles,...
Acts 8:1. _At that time there was a great persecution against the church._ With regard to this very tremendous storm which suddenly burst on the infant church, Cardinal Baronius, in his Ecclesiastical...
AN ANGEL OF THE LORD. Gaza was on the south-west seacoast of Judea. The road went through the hill-country of Judea. Note the angel speaks to _the preacher_ and sends him to preach Jesus....
_And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go._ MAN VERSUS ANGEL Why didn’t the angel go himself? Because this was a mission where a man was worth more than an angel. In the Lor...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 8:26 Gaza was the last watering place before the desert on the road from Jerusalem to Egypt. Ethiopia was the ancient Nubian Kingdom, south of Aswan on the Nile. EUNUCH. In the OT an...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 8:18. AND WHEN SIMON SAW.—Most likely through hearing the baptised speak with tongues. HE OFFERED THEM MONEY.—From Simon’s name and proposal arose the expression “Simony” for...
EXPOSITION ACTS 8:1 _There arose on that day _for _at that time there was, _A.V._; in _for _at, _A.V. SAUL WAS CONSENTING TO HIS DEATH. St. Paul's repeated reference to this sad episode in his life i...
We are introduced now to one of the chief persecutors. A zealous young Jew, a Pharisee of the Pharisees, whose name is Saul. And he was standing by, consenting to the death of Stephen, holding the coa...
1 Chronicles 22:16; 2 Kings 1:3; Acts 10:22; Acts 10:7; Acts 12:23;...
The south [μ ε σ η μ β ρ ι α ν]. A contracted form of meshmeria, midday, noon, which is the rendering at Acts 22:6 the only other passage where it occurs. Rev. gives at noon in margin. Desert. Referri...
THE ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH Acts 8:26 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The subject of our sermon today, is "The Ethiopian Eunuch." There is a wonderful vision of God given in the 68th Psalm. After the Prophet has ascrib...
Here we have recorded the remarkable conversion of the eunuch by the preaching of Philip; concerning which several circumstances are to be observed; 1. The author or instrument converting, Philip, who...