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But 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."
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Trusting God's Strange Directions
Commentators like Spurgeon and Calvin note the oddity of the command: leave a successful revival to go to a desert road. Philip's immediate obedience is a model for Christians. It teaches that God's plans may not seem logical, and ministry isn't always to large crowds. Sometimes, God's most important work for us is in an unexpected place with a single person.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And the angel of the Lord. The word angel is used in the Scriptures in a great variety of meanings. (See Barnes on Matthew 1:20).…
Toward the South (κατα μεσημβριαν). Old word from μεσος and ημερα, midday or noon as in Ac 22:16, the only other example in the N.…
19th Century
Anglican
And the angel of the Lord . . .—Better, an angel. The tense of the verbs in the preceding verse, in the better m…
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Baptist
And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money, saying, Give me also this pow…
Luke does not tell us just where Philip was when he received his divine directive to go south to the road from Jerusalem to Gaza. He highlights ins…
16th Century
Protestant
And the angel. Luke passes over to a new history, namely, how the gospel came even to the Ethiopians. For though he reports that only one …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the angel of the Lord spoke unto Philip To inquire who this angel was, whether Michael or Gabriel, or the tutela…
Philip was directed to go to a desert. Sometimes God opens a door of opportunity to His ministers in very unlikely places. We should strive to do g…
