And the next day we that were of Paul's company departed, and came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was one of the seven; and abode with him.
And the next day we [that were of Paul's company] departed. (These bracketed words are wanting in the oldest and best manuscripts, and seem to have gotten into the text as the connecting words at the head of some church lesson.)
And came unto Caesarea - a distance by land, skirting southwards along the coast, of about 30 miles.
And we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist - a term (as Howson observes) answering, perhaps, very much to our missionary. This is he by whose ministry such joy had been diffused over Samaria, (Acts 8:1-40.)
Which was one of the seven - the second named of the seven deacons (Acts 6:5), who would seem to have 'purchased to himself a good degree' (1 Timothy 3:13). He and Paul now meet for the first time, a full quarter of a century from that time.