City
Gaza
- Ancient name
- Gaza
- Modern location
- Gaza City · Gaza Strip
- Location
- Identified site
Editorial summary
An angel sent Philip to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza, where he met and baptized an Ethiopian official.
What happened here
1Philip and the Ethiopian official
An angel sent Philip south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza. There he met an Ethiopian eunuch, treasurer of Queen Candace, returning from worship in Jerusalem and reading Isaiah in his chariot. Philip preached to him about Jesus from that Scripture, and when they came to some water, he baptized him.
Acts places the meeting on “the way that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza” and the baptism at some water along it, without saying where. The marker shows Gaza, the end of the road it names.
People here
2On these journeys
Scripture
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Location certainty
Acts names Gaza only as the destination of the road on which Philip met the Ethiopian official. The marker shows the ancient city, not the place of the meeting.
- Coordinates
- 31.5040° N, 34.4644° E