KJV King James Version
But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Acts 8:40
But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But Philip appeared at Azotus and traveled through that region, preaching the gospel in all the towns until he came to Caesarea.
WEB World English Bible
But Philip was found at Azotus. Passing through, he preached the Good News to all the cities, until he came to Caesarea.
ASV American Standard Version
But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached the gospel to all the cities, till he came to Cæsarea.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Philip was found at Azotus, and passing through, he was proclaiming good news to all the cities, till his coming to Caesarea.
Surrounding context — Acts 8
37 And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
38 And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.
39 And 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.
40 But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.
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ΦίλιπποςG5376 · PhilipposPhilipδὲG1161 · dethenεὑρέθηG2147 · ehuriskōto find/meetεἰςG1519 · eistowardἌζωτον,G108 · AzōtosAzotusκαὶG2532 · kaiandδιερχόμενοςG1330 · dierchomaito pass throughεὐηγγελίζετοG2097 · euangelizomaito speak good newsτὰςG3588 · hothe/this/whoπόλειςG4172 · poliscityπάσαςG3956 · pasallἕωςG2193 · heōsuntilτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoἐλθεῖνG2064 · erchomaito come/goαὐτὸνG846 · autosit/s/heεἰςG1519 · eistowardΚαισάρειαν.¶G2542 · KaisareiaCaesarea
Cross-references
Acts 21:8And the next [day] we that were of Paul’s company departed, and came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was [one] of the seven; and abode with him.Acts 23:23And he called unto [him] two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night;Acts 23:33Who, when they came to Caesarea, and delivered the epistle to the governor, presented Paul also before him.Acts 10:1There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian [band],Acts 25:4But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself would depart shortly [thither].1 Samuel 5:1And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer unto Ashdod.Acts 25:6And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he went down unto Caesarea; and the next day sitting on the judgment seat commanded Paul to be brought.Acts 12:19And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that [they] should be put to death. And he went down from Judaea to Caesarea, and [there] abode.Luke 10:1-2After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come.Acts 25:13And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came unto Caesarea to salute Festus.Zechariah 9:6And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.Acts 21:16There went with us also [certain] of the disciples of Caesarea, and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple, with whom we should lodge.Acts 8:25And they, when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.Acts 10:24And the morrow after they entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius waited for them, and had called together his kinsmen and near friends.Joshua 15:46-47From Ekron even unto the sea, all that [lay] near Ashdod, with their villages:Acts 25:1Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem.Romans 15:19Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.
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