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Acts 8:26

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.”

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ASV

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.

KJV

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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24 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ἌγγελοςAngelosAn angelG32 →
δὲdenowG1161 →
κυρίουkuriouof [the] LordG2962 →
ἐλάλησενelalēsenspokeG2980 →
πρὸςprostoG4314 →
ΦίλιππονPhilipponPhilipG5376 →
λέγων·legōnsaying;G3004 →
ἀνάστηθιanastēthido rise upG450 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
πορεύουporeuoudo goG4198 →
κατὰkatatowardG2596 →
μεσημβρίανmesēmbrian[the] southG3314 →
ἐπὶepitoG1909 →
τὴνtēntheG3588 →
ὁδὸνhodonroadG3598 →
τὴνtēnwhichG3588 →
καταβαίνουσανkatabainousanis going downG2597 →
ἀπὸapofromG575 →
ἸερουσαλὴμIerousalēmJerusalemG2419 →
εἰςeistoG1519 →
Γάζαν·GazanGaza;G1048 →
αὕτηhautēThisG3778 →
ἐστὶνestinisG1510 →
ἔρημος.erēmos[the] desert [road].G2048 →

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Acts 5:19But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out, saying,2 Kings 1:3But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are on your way to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?’Hebrews 1:14Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?Acts 27:23For just last night an angel of God, whose I am and whom I serve, stood beside meActs 12:23Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.Acts 10:22“Cornelius the centurion has sent us,” they said. “He is a righteous and God-fearing man with a good reputation among the whole Jewish nation. A holy angel instructed him to request your presence in his home so he could hear a message from you.”Acts 12:8–11“Get dressed and put on your sandals,” said the angel. Peter did so, and the angel told him, “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.”Acts 10:7When the angel who spoke to him had gone, Cornelius called two of his servants and a devout soldier from among his attendants.Acts 9:11“Get up!” the Lord told him. “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying.Zephaniah 2:7The coast will belong to the remnant of the house of Judah; there they will find pasture. They will lie down in the evening among the houses of Ashkelon, for the LORD their God will attend to them and restore their captives.Luke 3:2–4during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness.Zechariah 9:5Ashkelon will see and fear; Gaza will writhe in agony, as will Ekron, for her hope will wither. There will cease to be a king in Gaza, and Ashkelon will be uninhabited.Joshua 15:47Ashdod, with its towns and villages; Gaza, with its towns and villages, as far as the Brook of Egypt and the coastline of the Great Sea.Matthew 3:1–3In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of JudeaJoshua 10:41Joshua conquered the area from Kadesh-barnea to Gaza, and the whole region of Goshen as far as Gibeon.Acts 10:20So get up! Go downstairs and accompany them without hesitation, because I have sent them.”Amos 1:6This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Gaza, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they exiled a whole population, delivering them up to Edom.Joshua 13:3All the territory of the Philistines and the Geshurites, from the Shihor east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory)—that of the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as that of the Avvites;

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