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.|


In Context

23 For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bondage of iniquity.|

24 Simon answered, |Pray for me to the Lord, that none of the things which you have spoken happen to me.|

25 They therefore, when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the Good News to many villages of the Samaritans.

26 But 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.|

27 He arose and went; and behold, there was a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to Jerusalem to worship.

28 He was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:26But 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.

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 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.