The angel: Acts 5:19, Acts 10:7, Acts 10:22, Acts 12:8-11, Acts 12:23, Acts 27:23; 2 Kings 1:3; Hebrews 1:14
Arise: 1 Chronicles 22:16; Isaiah 60:1-22
Gaza: Joshua 13:3, Joshua 15:47; Zechariah 9:5
desert: It is probable, that we should refer ερημος: strong:G2048, desert, not to Gaza, but to οδος: strong:G3598, the way; though Gaza was situated at the entrance of the desert, and the ancient city was in ruins, being destroyed by Alexander. Matthew 3:1-3; Luke 3:2-4