Theophylact of Ohrid, on Acts 8:26

“Now an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying: Arise, go towards the south, to the way that goeth down from Jerusalem into Gaza: this is desert.”

“It seems to me that this Philip was one of the seven, because otherwise from Jerusalem he would have gone not to the south, but to the north, whereas from Samaria, where Philip who belonged to the number of the seven was staying and teaching, the road goes to the south. "To the road that goes from Jerusalem to Gaza, to the one which is desert." The Angel said this so that Philip would not fear an attack from the Jews.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.