26But the angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, Rise up and go southward on the way which goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza: the same is desert.


In Context

23 for I see thee to be in the gall of bitterness, and bond of unrighteousness.

24 And Simon answering said, Supplicate ye for me to the Lord, so that nothing may come upon me of the things of which ye have spoken.

25 They therefore, having testified and spoken the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and announced the glad tidings to many villages of the Samaritans.

26 But the angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, Rise up and go southward on the way which goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza: the same is desert.

27 And he rose up and went. And lo, an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a man in power under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to worship at Jerusalem,

28 was returning and sitting in his chariot: and he was reading the prophet Esaias.

Acts 8:26 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:26And 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:26Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, "Go south to the road--the desert road-- that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:26Now an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying: Arise, go towards the south, to the way that goeth down from Jerusalem into Gaza: this is desert.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:26But 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:26But 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:26And the angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, Arise, and go towards the south, to the way that goeth down from Jerusalem to Gaza, which is desert.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:26But 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.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:26And a messenger of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, 'Arise, and go on toward the south, on the way that is going down from Jerusalem to Gaza,' — this is desert.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:26And the angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south to the way that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza, which is desert.