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Acts 8:40 KJV
Acts · chapter 8 · verse 40
But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.Acts 8:40 · King James Version
Acts 8:40 in context
38And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.
39And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing.
40But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- preachedeuangelizōto bring good news, to announce glad tidings, used in the OT of any kind of good news, of…G2097 →
- passingdierchomaito go through, pass through, to go, walk, journey, pass through a place, to travel the…G1330 →
- PhilipphilipposPhilip = " lover of horses" , an apostle of Christ, an evangelist and one of the…G5376 →
- AzotusazōtosAshdod or Azotus = " a stronghold" , one of the five chief cities of the…G108 →
- citiespolisa city, one s native city, the city in which one lives, the heavenly Jerusalem, the abode…G4172 →
- foundheyriskōto come upon, hit upon, to meet with, after searching, to find a thing sought, without…G2147 →
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We have here the story of the conversion of an Ethiopian eunuch to the faith of Christ, by whom, we have reason to think, the knowledge of Christ was sent into that country where he lived, and that scripture fulfilled, Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands (one of the first of the nations) unto God, Psa 68:31. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 26-40