...endowed with spiritual gifts, could now supply his lack of service. Whither was Philip directed to go ? " Toward the south, unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert." What was Gaza? A town near the sea-coast, fifty miles from Jerusalem. Was Philip to go on, as far as...

...perdition : because thou hast thought that the gift of God is purchased with money. 27 And rising he went, and behold a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch, of great authority under Candace the queene of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasures. 32 And the place of the Scripture which...

...returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans. 26 And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and...goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert. 27 And he arose, and went : and behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace...

...darkness and sin have long reigned ! While Philip stayed in Samaria, the angel of the Lord bid him arise and go toward the south, unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert. This order Philip obeyed, and met an eunuch of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians,...

...mode of his baptism. Philip was in Samaria, and the angel of •the Lord directed him to " go towards the south, unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert." It was on the road in the desert, that he met the Eunuch, who was a Jew of Ethiopia, and had been up...

...Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans. And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and...he arose, and went : and behold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure,...

...abundant proof. On one occasion, the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, "Arise, and go towards the south, unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert." Philip went, not knowing for what purpose; and, behold, an Ethiopian eunuch was travelling homeward...

...presents a beautiful and happy contrast to the hollow and hypocritical Simon Magus. ' And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and...goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.' (Verse 26.) Why was this command given to the disciple ? Why was he told by the angel of the Lord to...

...the necessity of putting it into execution 7. But Philip was directed by an Angel of the Lord to " go toward the south, unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert." This was at the south-west point of Judaea, and was originally part of the tribe of Judah; but, being...

...mind where he should go next, but eent an angel who spake unto him, saying, " Arise, and go towards the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert." (Acts viii.26.) If Philip had been left to his own wisdom, he never could have learned whether his...