Acts 8:26

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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."

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The Roman Empire of the New TestamentThe Roman Empire around the Mediterranean, the political world of the New Testament.

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Gaza was the desert-road destination south of Jerusalem, where Philip met an Ethiopian court official traveling home from worship; Ethiopia denotes the African kingdom he served. Jerusalem, Judea, and Samaria frame the gospel’s spread outward, while Ashdod and Caesarea mark Philip’s subsequent coastal ministry.

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Acts 8:26 mentions Ashdod, Caesarea, Ethiopia, Gaza, Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria.

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