Acts 8:26

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go south to the desert road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.”

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KJV

King James Version

And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.

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WEB

World English Bible

Then 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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ASV

American Standard Version

But an angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza: the same is desert.

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

Now an angel of [the] Lord spoke to Philip, saying, “Rise up and go toward [the] south, on the road going down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” (This is desert.)

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Acts 8

²⁴ Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me, so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”

²⁵ And after Peter and John had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many of the Samaritan villages.

²⁶ Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go south to the desert road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.”

²⁷ So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official in charge of the entire treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. He had gone to Jerusalem to worship,

²⁸ and on his return was sitting in his chariot reading Isaiah the prophet.

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