Acts 8:40 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁴⁰ But [later on] Philip appeared at Azotus and after leaving there he preached the good news [of Jesus] to all the towns along the way until he reached Caesarea. [Note: Caesarea was a town on the west coast of Palestine, named after the emperor Caesar].

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴⁰ But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Cæsarea.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴⁰ But Philip was found at Azotus, and passing on he preached the good news (Gospel) to all the towns until he reached Caesarea.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴⁰ But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached the gospel to all the cities, till he came to Cæsarea.

Common English Bible

⁴⁰ Philip found himself in Azotus. He traveled through that area, preaching the good news in all the cities until he reached Caesarea.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴⁰ Now Philip was found in Azotus. And continuing on, he evangelized all the cities, until he arrived in Caesarea.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴⁰ But Philip was found in Azotus; and passing through, he preached the gospel to all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.

Acts 8:40 Cross References

Acts 10:1

Now there was a certain man in Caesarea named Cornelius. He was [a military man] in charge of one hundred soldiers and belonged to the “battalion of Italy.”

Acts 10:24

The following day they arrived at Caesarea where they found Cornelius, gathered with his relatives and close friends, waiting for them.

Acts 11:11

“Then, just about that time, three men sent from Caesarea to get me, walked up to the house where we were [staying].

Acts 12:19

When Herod’s search for him turned up nothing, he questioned the guards, and then ordered them to be led away and executed. He then left Judea and went to Caesarea, where he stayed for awhile.

Acts 18:22

And when he landed at Ceasarea, he went up [Note: This would mean either up to Ceasarea or up to Jerusalem] and greeted the church [there], then went down to Antioch [in Syria].

Acts 21:16

Some of the disciples from Caesarea went with us also, bringing with them Mnason from Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom we were to live [while in Jerusalem].

Acts 21:8

The next day we left and came to Caesarea, where we went to the house of Philip, the evangelist, who had been one of the seven [“deacons” chosen by the Jerusalem church to minister to widows, See Acts 6]. We stayed with him [while there].

Acts 23:23

Then he called two of his officers and said, “Get two hundred soldiers ready to go to Caesarea, along with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen, by nine o’clock tonight.” [Note: This was calculated according to Jewish time].

Acts 23:33

When they came to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, they presented Paul before him.

Acts 25:1

Three days after Festus came to the province he went from Caesarea up to Jerusalem.

Acts 25:13

After a number of days King Agrippa [Note: This man was the great grandson of Herod the Great. See Matt. 2:1] and [his wife] Bernice arrived at Caesarea and came to greet Festus.

Acts 25:4

Festus answered that [since] Paul was being held in custody in Caesarea, and [since] he himself was soon going there [i.e., he could see Paul at Caesarea at that time].

Acts 25:6

After staying not more than eight or ten [more] days [there in Jerusalem], Festus went down to Caesarea and the following day he ordered Paul to appear before him as he sat in his court of justice.

Acts 8:25

When Peter and John had testified [regarding the truth] and had proclaimed the message of God [to the people] they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the good news [about Jesus] in many Samaritan villages [on their way back].

Acts 9:30

And when the brothers [in the Jerusalem church] learned about this, they brought him down to Caesarea and then sent him on to Tarsus, [his home town].

Romans 15:19

in the power demonstrated by [miraculous] signs and wonders, [produced] by the power of the Holy Spirit. So, I have completed preaching the good news about Christ from Jerusalem, all the way around [the area] to Illyricum [Note: This country was located northwest of Greece and in present-day Croatia].