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Verse 8

And on the morrow we departed, and came unto Caesarea: and entering into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, we abode with him.

Philip the evangelist ... "This title was given to those who went from place to place proclaiming the gospel";[16] such preachers were ranked after apostles and prophets and above pastors and teachers in Ephesians 4:12. Timothy was another evangelist in the New Testament sense (2 Timothy 4:5). The use of the word as a title for authors of the gospels did not arise until much later.

We abode with him ... As McGarvey said, "His house must have been a capacious one, as it enabled him to entertain the nine men who made up Paul's company."[17] See Acts 20:4,5 for the names of the other seven besides Paul and Luke. Philip had evangelized the cities of the coastal area from southward of Caesarea; where, after his preaching in many places, he had settled down in Caesarea, his large house indicating that he was a man of considerable means, incidentally disproving the "communism" which some think they find in the New Testament. See also Acts 21:16.

[16] R. Milligan, Analysis of the New Testament (Cincinnati, Ohio: Bosworth, Chase Hill, Publishers), p. 389.

[17] J. W. McGarvey, Commentary on Acts (Cincinnati, Ohio: Standard Publishing Company), 2p. 199.

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