Acts 8: Philip in Samaria and the Ethiopian Official

Persecution scatters the church, and Philip preaches Christ in Samaria, where many believe and receive the Spirit through the apostles. Simon the sorcerer is rebuked for trying to buy that power, and Philip explains Isaiah to an Ethiopian official and baptizes him.

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According to Acts 8:26, how did Philip come to leave his fruitful ministry in Samaria for the desert road toward Gaza?

The apostles in Jerusalem reassigned him to a new post and sent word for him to go to GazaHe was expelled from Samaria by local authorities and fled south along the nearest roadAn angel directed him southward onto the road running from Jerusalem toward Gaza, without giving a reasonHe decided on his own that Samaria's revival had run its course and set out for new territory