On the next day we departed and came to Caesarea, and we entered the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him.
Philip the evangelist opened his house and welcomed Paul and the whole company without hesitation. Notice how he rose from deacon, serving tables, to evangelist planting churches through faithfulness, that is how God promotes His servants, not by seeking place but by doing present work well.
AI summary
Commenting on Acts 21:8-14
And the next day we that were of Paul's company departed,.... From Ptolemais, as Sopater, Aristarchus, Secundus, Timotheus, Tychicus, Trophimus, and Luke, the writer of this history; see Act 20:4 and came unto Caesarea; not Caesarea Philippi, mentioned in Mat 16:13 but that Caesarea which was formerly called Strato's tower, and was a very good sea port; see Act 8:40.
Verse 8. We that were of Paul's company. From this it would appear that they had been attended thus far by some persons who were going only to Ptolemais. This clause, however, is wanting in many MSS., and has been omitted by Bengel, Griesbach, Knapp, and others, as spurious. It is also wanting in the Syriac and the Vulgate. Unto Caesarea. .