Acts 21:8

"Came to Caesarea" As noted in Acts 10:1 the city of Caesarea had been built by Herod the Great to serve as the port for Jerusalem. This was Paul's third recorded visit to Caesarea (Acts 9:30; Acts 18:22). "Entering the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven" This is the same Philip who was chosen to serve tables in Acts 6:5. and the same man who had preached to the Samaritan and the eunuch (Acts 8:1). He is called "one of the seven" to distinguish him from Philip the apostle, and according to Acts 8:40. after Philip baptized the eunuch he came to Caesarea. The time interval between Acts 8:40 and this chapter is some 20 years. This is. good passage to point out that an evangelist can remain or locate in one place and still do the work of an evangelist. The denominational idea that an "evangelist" is. preacher who is always traveling is. false concept. For the other uses of the term evangelist see Ephesians 4:11 and 2 Timothy 4:5.