Acts 21:8 Cross References

Acts 21:8

8: Then we went on to Caesarea and stayed at the home of Philip the Evangelist, one of the seven men who had been chosen to distribute food.

This idea pleased the whole group, and they chose the following: Stephen (a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit), Philip, Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas of Antioch (a Gentile convert to the Jewish faith, who had now become a Christian).

But you should keep a clear mind in every situation. Don't be afraid of suffering for the Lord. Work at bringing others to Christ. Complete the ministry God has given you.

He is the one who gave these gifts to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers.

As for Philip, an angel of the Lord said to him, "Go south down the desert road that runs from Jerusalem to Gaza."
So he did, and he met the treasurer of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under the queen of Ethiopia. The eunuch had gone to Jerusalem to worship,
and he was now returning. Seated in his carriage, he was reading aloud from the book of the prophet Isaiah.
The Holy Spirit said to Philip, "Go over and walk along beside the carriage."
Philip ran over and heard the man reading from the prophet Isaiah; so he asked, "Do you understand what you are reading?"

When we arrived in Rome, Paul was permitted to have his own private lodging, though he was guarded by a soldier.

So we decided to leave for Macedonia at once, for we could only conclude that God was calling us to preach the Good News there.

Philip, for example, went to the city of Samaria and told the people there about the Messiah.
Crowds listened intently to what he had to say because of the miracles he did.
Many evil spirits were cast out, screaming as they left their victims. And many who had been paralyzed or lame were healed.
So there was great joy in that city.
A man named Simon had been a sorcerer there for many years, claiming to be someone great.

In Caesarea there lived a Roman army officer named Cornelius, who was a captain of the Italian Regiment.

It was three months after the shipwreck that we set sail on another ship that had wintered at the island--an Alexandrian ship with the twin gods as its figurehead.

One day as we were going down to the place of prayer, we met a demon-possessed slave girl. She was a fortune-teller who earned a lot of money for her masters.

When the time came, we set sail for Italy. Paul and several other prisoners were placed in the custody of an army officer named Julius, a captain of the Imperial Regiment.

On the Sabbath we went a little way outside the city to a riverbank, where we supposed that some people met for prayer, and we sat down to speak with some women who had come together.

Paul went by land to Assos, where he had arranged for us to join him, and we went on ahead by ship.

As soon as the Passover season ended, we boarded a ship at Philippi in Macedonia and five days later arrived in Troas, where we stayed a week.

When the believers heard about it, however, they took him to Caesarea and sent him on to his hometown of Tarsus.

Then the commander called two of his officers and ordered, "Get two hundred soldiers ready to leave for Caesarea at nine o'clock tonight. Also take two hundred spearmen and seventy horsemen.

The next stop was at the port of Caesarea. From there he went up and visited the church at Jerusalem and then went back to Antioch.

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