Discovery BoxActs 8:39-40 
Context8:39 Now when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him any more, but 1 went on his way rejoicing. 2 8:40 Philip, however, found himself 3 at Azotus, 4 and as he passed through the area, 5 he proclaimed the good news 6 to all the towns 7 until he came to Caesarea. 8
1 tn BDAG 189 s.v. γάρ 2 indicates that under certain circumstances γάρ (gar) has the same meaning as δέ (de).
2 sn Note that the response to the gospel is rejoicing (joy, cf. Acts 11:23; 13:48).
3 tn Or “appeared.”
4 sn Azotus was a city on the coast of southern Palestine, known as Ashdod in OT times.
5 tn The words “the area” are not in the Greek text but are implied.
6 tn Or “he preached the gospel.”
7 tn Or “cities.”
8 sn Caesarea was a city on the coast of Palestine south of Mount Carmel (not Caesarea Philippi). See the note on Caesarea in Acts 10:1.
map For location see Map2 C1; Map4 B3; Map5 F2; Map7 A1; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
