Acts 21:8

“And the next day we that were of Paul’s company departed, etc.] From Ptolemais, as Sopater, Aristarchus, Secundus, Timotheus, Tychicus, Trophimus, and Luke, the writer of this history; (see <442004>Acts 20:4) and came unto Caesarea; not Caesarea Philippi, mentioned in (<401613>Matthew 16:13) but that Caesarea which was formerly called Strato’s tower, and was a very good sea port; (see <440840>Acts 8:40, 9:30, 10:1, 18:22). and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist; not a writer of a Gospel, but a preacher of the Gospel, and perhaps not an ordinary one, but was one of those spoken of in (<490411>Ephesians 4:11) which was an office inferior to an apostle, and yet above an ordinary…”

“next day we that were of Paul's company departed--(The words "the were of Paul's company" are omitted in the best manuscripts. They were probably added as the connecting words at the head of some church lessons). and came to CÃ&brvbrsarea--a run along the coast, southward, of some thirty miles. Philip the evangelist--a term answering apparently very much to our missionary [HOWSON], by whose ministry such joy had been diffused over Samaria and the Ethiopian eunuch had been baptized (Acts 8:4-40). one of the seven--deacons, who had "purchased to himself a good degree" (Ti1 3:13). He and Paul now meet for the first time, some twenty-five years after that time.”

“We that were of Paul’s company - From this it would appear that they had been attended thus far by some persons who were going only to Ptolemais. This clause, however, is missing in many mss., and has been omitted by Bengel, Griesbach, Knapp, and others as spurious. It is also missing in the Syriac and the Vulgate. Unto Cesarea - See the notes on Acts 8:40. Into the house of Philip - One of the seven deacons, Acts 6:5. After his conversation with the eunuch of Ethiopia, he went to Caesarea, and probably there abode. The evangelist - This word properly means one who announces good news. In the New Testament it is applied to a preacher of the gospel, or one who declares the glad tidings of…”

“We came to Cesarea - So called from a stately temple which Herod the Great dedicated there to Augustus Cesar. It was the place where the Roman governor of Judea generally resided and kept his court. The evangelist, who was one of the seven deacons - An evangelist is a preacher of the Gospel to those who had never heard it, as Philip had done to the Samaritans, to the Ethiopian eunuch, and to all the towns from Azotus to Cesarea, Act 8:5, Act 8:26, Act 8:40. It is not unlikely he spent the following years preaching in Tyre and Sidon, and the other heathen cities in the neighbourhood of Galilee, his house being at Cesarea, a convenient situation for that purpose. We abode with him - We lodged…”

“21:8 Philip had the title of Evangelist due to his evangelistic activity (8:4-40; cp. Eph 4:11; 2 Tim 4:5).”

“we that: Act 16:10, Act 16:13, Act 16:16, Act 20:6, Act 20:13, Act 27:1, Act 28:11, Act 28:16 Caesarea: Act 8:40, Act 9:30, Act 10:1, Act 18:22, Act 23:23 Philip: Act 6:5, Act 8:5-13, Act 8:26-40 the evangelist: Eph 4:11; Ti2 4:5 Acts 21:9”