"For it is written in the book of Psalms, 'Let his residence become deserted, and let there be no one to live in it,' and, 'Let another person take his position.'

he foresaw the resurrection of the Christ and told of it, for he was not deserted in death and his body was not destroyed.

And the angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, Arise and go toward the south, on the way that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza, which is a deserted place.

But Paul did not think it appropriate to take along this man who had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not gone on with them to the work.