{On the morrow} (	(8869) epaurion). Another and the more
common way of expressing this idea of "next day" besides the
three in  20:15  and the one in  21:1 . {Unto Caesarea} (eis
Kaisarian). Apparently by land as the voyage (ploun) ended at
Ptolemais (verse  7 ). Caesarea is the political capital of Judea
under the Romans where the procurators lived and a city of
importance, built by Herod the Great and named in honour of
Augustus. It had a magnificent harbour built Most of the
inhabitants were Greeks. This is the third time that we have seen
Paul in Caesarea, on his journey from Jerusalem to Tarsus ( Ac
9:30 ), on his return from Antioch at the close of the second
mission tour ( 18:22 ) and now. The best MSS. omit hoi peri
Paulou (we that were of Paul's company) a phrase like that in
 13:13 . {Into the house of Philip the evangelist} (eis ton
oikon Philippou tou euaggelistou). Second in the list of the
seven ( 6:5 ) after Stephen and that fact mentioned here. By this
title he is distinguished from "Philip the apostle," one of the
twelve. His evangelistic work followed the death of Stephen ( Ac
8 ) in Samaria, Philistia, with his home in Caesarea. The word
"evangelizing" (eu(8867)gelizeto) was used of him in  8:40 . The
earliest of the three N.T. examples of the word "evangelist" ( Ac
21:8  Eph 4:11  2Ti 4:5 ). Apparently a word used to describe one
who told the gospel story as Philip did and may have been used of
him first of all as John was termed "the baptizer" (ho
baptiz(936e),  Mr 1:4 ), then "the Baptist" (ho baptist(8873),  Mt
3:1 ). It is found on an inscription in one of the Greek islands
of uncertain date and was used in ecclesiastical writers of later
times on the Four Gospels as we do. As used here the meaning is a
travelling missionary who "gospelized" communities. This is
probably Paul's idea in  2Ti 4:5 . In  Eph 4:11  the word seems
to describe a special class of ministers just as we have them
today. Men have different gifts and Philip had this of
evangelizing as Paul was doing who is the chief evangelist. The
ideal minister today combines the gifts of evangelist, herald,
teacher, shepherd. "{We abode with him}" (emeinamen par'
aut(9369)). Constative aorist active indicative. Par aut(9369) (by his
side) is a neat idiom for "at his house." What a joyful time Paul
had in conversation with Philip. He could learn from him much of
value about the early days of the gospel in Jerusalem. And Luke
could, and probably did, take notes from Philip and his daughters
about the beginnings of Christian history. It is generally
supposed that the "we" sections of Acts represent a travel
document by Luke (notes made by him as he journeyed from Troas to
Rome). Those who deny the Lukan authorship of the whole book
usually admit this. So we may suppose that Luke is already
gathering data for future use. If so, these were precious days
for him.