38 So he commanded the chariot to stand still. And both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and he baptized him.
39 Now when they came up out of the water, athe Spirit of the Lord caught Philip away, so that the eunuch saw him no more; and he went on his way rejoicing.
40 But Philip was found at1 Azotus. And passing through, he preached in all the cities till he came to aCaesarea.
He preached the gospel (euhggelizeto). Imperfect middle describing the evangelistic tour of Philip "till he came to Caesarea" (ewv tou elqein auton, genitive articular infinitive with the preposition ewv and the accusative of general reference) where he made his home and headquarters thereafter (Acts 21:28) and was known as the Evangelist.
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