Acts 8:26
Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go south to the desert road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.”
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.
Then an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, “Arise, and go toward the south to the way that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza. This is a desert.”
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.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- The angel
- Acts 5:19; Acts 10:7, 22; Acts 12:8–11, 23; Acts 27:23; 2 Kings 1:3; Hebrews 1:14
- Arise
- 1 Chronicles 22:16; Isaiah 60:1–22
- Gaza
- Joshua 13:3; Joshua 15:47; Zechariah 9:5
- desert
- It is probable, that we should refer [eremos ,] desert, not to Gaza, but to [hodos ,] the way; though Gaza was situated at the entrance of the desert, and the ancient city was in ruins, being destroyed by Alexander.
- Matthew 3:1–3; Luke 3:2–4