Acts 8:26

Good News Translation

An angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get ready and go south to the road that goes from Jerusalem to Gaza.” (This road is not used nowadays.)

Cross References

Genesis 10:19

until the Canaanite borders reached from Sidon southward to Gerar near Gaza, and eastward to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim near Lasha.

2 Kings 1:3

But an angel of the Lord commanded Elijah, the prophet from Tishbe, to go and meet the messengers of King Ahaziah and ask them, “Why are you going to consult Baalzebub, the god of Ekron? Is it because you think there is no god in Israel?

1 Chronicles 22:16

with gold, silver, bronze, and iron. Now begin the work, and may the Lord be with you.”

Zechariah 9:5

The city of Ashkelon will see this and be afraid. The city of Gaza will see it and suffer great pain. So will Ekron, and her hopes will be shattered. Gaza will lose her king, and Ashkelon will be left deserted.

Acts 10:22

“Captain Cornelius sent us,” they answered. “He is a good man who worships God and is highly respected by all the Jewish people. An angel of God told him to invite you to his house, so that he could hear what you have to say.”

Acts 10:7

Then the angel went away, and Cornelius called two of his house servants and a soldier, a religious man who was one of his personal attendants.

Acts 12:23

At once the angel of the Lord struck Herod down, because he did not give honor to God. He was eaten by worms and died.

Acts 27:23

For last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I worship came to me

Acts 5:19

But that night an angel of the Lord opened the prison gates, led the apostles out, and said to them,

Acts 8:29

The Holy Spirit said to Philip, “Go over to that carriage and stay close to it.”

Acts 8:5

Philip went to the principal city in Samaria and preached the Messiah to the people there.

Hebrews 1:14

What are the angels, then? They are spirits who serve God and are sent by him to help those who are to receive salvation.

Joshua 13:3

as well as all the territory of the Avvim to the south. (The land from the stream Shihor, at the Egyptian border, as far north as the border of Ekron was considered Canaanite; the kings of the Philistines lived at Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron.)

Joshua 15:47

There were Ashdod and Gaza, with their towns and villages, reaching to the stream on the border of Egypt and the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.