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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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PHILIP BAPTIZES AN ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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TOWARD THE SOUTH] or, about midday. Gaza] The town is called DESERT,
or deserted, because it had been destroyed, 96 b.c....
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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(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...
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_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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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....
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THE ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH.
The divine commission to Philip:...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Tertullian On Baptism
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Tertullian On Baptism
evidence that the Lord deemed him worthy had been interposed.[185]...
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Acts 8:26 Now G1161 angel G32 Lord G2962 spoke G2980 (G5656) to G4314
Philip G5376 saying G3004 ...
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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...
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‘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...
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_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...
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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...
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ANGEL
(_ See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4). _
DESERT
Contra, (Acts 8:6)....
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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....
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_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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Chronicles 22:16; 2 Kings 1:3; Acts 10:22; Acts 10:7; Acts 12:23;...
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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...
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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...
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The way which is desert — There were two ways from Jerusalem to
Gaza, one desert, the other through a more populous country....
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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...