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Acts 8:40

ACTS—NOTE ON Acts 8:40 Philip was sent to the coastal region, first to Azotus (OT Ashdod), then to Caesarea, where he seems to have settled (see Acts 21:8). Caesarea had a large Greek-speaking population. Originally a small harbor town, it was rebuilt by Herod the Great with a greatly improved harbor, a hippodrome, and an aqueduct. In Philip’s day it was the seat of the Roman government of Judea. Tense relations existed between its Jewish and Gentile inhabitants.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Acts 8:40. _PHILIP WAS FOUND AT AZOTUS_] Prom the time he left the eunuch, he was not heard of till he got to Azotus, which, according to Dr. Lightfoot, was about 34 miles from Gaza, and probab...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    BUT PHILIP WAS FOUND - That is, he came to Azotus, or he was not heard of until he reached Azotus. The word is often used in this sense. See 1 Chronicles 29:17, margin; 2 Chronicles 29:29, margin;...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    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...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    WAS FOUND. was carried to, and found.. _constructioproegnans._ AT. to. Greek. _eis._ App-104. AZOTUS.. Ashdod. See Joshua 11:22. TILL. Greek. _heos._ CAESEREA. Not Caesarea Philippi (Matthew 16:13)...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _But Philip was found at Azotus_ That is, he appeared again and continued the work of his ministry. The expression is a translation of a Hebrew verb which is often rendered in A.V. "to be present." Cp...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ΦΊΛΙΠΠΟΣ ΔῈ ΕὙΡΈΘΗ, _but Philip was found_, i.e. he appeared again and continued the work of his ministry. Εὑρέθη is the exact translation of a Hebrew verb which in the A.V. is often rendered ‘to be p...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    PHILIP BAPTIZES AN ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _THE ETHIOPIAN OBEYS THE GOSPEL ACTS 8:36-40:_ God is concerned about the redemption of one lost soul. The Lord uses people like Philip to convert other people like the Ethiopian. A part of conversion...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΕΥΡΈΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. (dep.) от_ ΕΝΡΊΣΚΩ (G2147) находить; идиома, обозначающая: "он пришел" (GI, 158). ΔΙΕΡΧΌΜΕΝΟΣ _praes. med. (dep.) part. (сопутств.)_, _см._ Acts 8:4. ΕΎΗΓΓΕΛΊΖΕΤΟ _impf. ind....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    BUT PHILIP WAS FOUND AT AZOTUS:— Or, _Ashdod,_ a city that was more than thirty miles from Gaza, in the southern part of the country which had been formerly one of the five governments belonging tothe...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Combined Bible Commentary

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    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...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    8:40 Azotus, (d-6) See Note e, Joshua 13:3 ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    εὑρέθη εἰς Ἄ.: _constructio prægnans_ = was borne to and found at, _cf._ Acts 21:13; or, as εἰς means more than ἐν, implying that he had come _into_ the city and was staying there, _cf._ Esther 1:5; m...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    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...

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    After the manner of the old prophets the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip from the presence of his happy Ethiopian convert, dropping him down at Azotus, which is another name for the old city of...

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    REFLECTIONS Reader! behold in this chapter a true representation of the church of Jesus in all ages. In one view persecuted, and while the friends of the bridegroom are cast down, the enemy triumphing...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    BUT PHILIP WAS FOUND AT AZOTUS,.... The same with the Ashdod of the Philistines, famous for the temple of Dagon, 1 Samuel 5:1 where the Septuagint call it Azotus, as here: and so it is called in the A...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea. Ver. 40. _At Azotus_] A city of Palestine, called anciently Ashdod, whence the Anakims cou...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    AZOTUS; a city called in the Old Testament Ashdod, about thirty miles north of Gaza. 1 Samuel 5:1. CESAREA; a city on the Mediterranean, about sixty miles north-west of Jerusalem....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    BUT PHILIP WAS FOUND AT AZOTUS; AND PASSING THROUGH, HE PREACHED IN ALL THE CITIES, TILL HE CAME TO CAESAREA. We may well imagine the scene: a fine autumn day, the comparatively uninhabited plain exte...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The baptism of the eunuch:...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Manly Luscombe Commentary on New Testament

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  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached the gospel to all the cities, till he came to Caesarea. 'FOUND'-May suggest that Philip next found himself in the city of Azotus, i.e....

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Philip was set down by the Spirit at Ashdod of the Philistines, which is called by the Septuagint AZOTUS: names of persons and places do in tract of time vary. This place had been famous for the idol...

  • McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries

    40. The historian brings the present section of his narrative to a close by a brief notice of the subsequent labors of Philip. (40) " But Philip was found at Azotus; and, passing along, he preached th...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Acts 8:40 But G1161 Philip G5376 found G2147 (G5681) at G1519 Azotus G108 And G2532 passing G1330 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE MINISTRY OF PHILIP IN JUDAEA (8:40). ‘But Philip was found at Azotus, and passing through he preached the gospel to all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.' Philip now moved on to the third pha...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    Acts 8:40. BUT PHILIP WAS FOUND AT AZOTUS. Azotus, better known as Ashdod, one of the principal Philistine cities, near to the sea-coast. The site is now marked by a mound covered with broken pottery...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    HE PREACHED THE GOSPEL (ευηγγελιζετο). Imperfect middle describing the evangelistic tour of Philip "till he came to Caesarea" (εως του ελθειν αυτον, genitive articular infinitive with the prepositi...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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,...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    UP OUT OF THE WATER. "Christian baptism" involves both _water_ and _Spirit._ See note on John 3:5. FULL OF JOY. This man had been unable to find full acceptance in Judaism because of his mutilation (D...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Samuel 5:1; Acts 10:1; Acts 21:8; Acts 23:23; Acts 23:33;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    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...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    But Philip was found at Azotus — Probably none saw him, from his leaving the eunuch, till he was there....

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