24 But Simon answered and[a] said, “You pray to the Lord for me so that nothing of what you have said will come upon me.” 25 So when[b] they had solemnly testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they turned back toward Jerusalem, and were proclaiming the good news to many villages of the Samaritans.

Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch

26 Now an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, “Get up and go toward the south[c] on the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” (This is a desert road.)

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 8:24 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb
  2. Acts 8:25 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had solemnly testified”) which is understood as temporal
  3. Acts 8:26 Or “go about noon”