Acts Chapter 8 verse 4 Holy Bible
They therefore that were scattered abroad, went about preaching the word.
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But those who had gone in flight went everywhere preaching the word.
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Those then that had been scattered went through [the countries] announcing the glad tidings of the word.
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Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.
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Therefore those who were scattered abroad went around preaching the word.
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they then indeed, having been scattered, went abroad proclaiming good news -- the word.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 4. - They therefore for therefore they, A.V.; about for everywhere, A.V. Went about; i.e. from place to place, and wherever they went they preached the Word. Διέρχομαι here is used in the same sense as in ver. 40, and in Acts 10:38; Acts 17:23; Acts 20:25, and elsewhere.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(4) They that were scattered abroad.--These. As has been said above, would in all probability be Stephen's Hellenistic fellow-workers and followers. As in later ages, the axiom that "the blood of martyrs is the seed of the Church," held true from the beginning. The attempt to stamp out the new faith did but give it a wider scope of action, and urged it on to pass the limits within which it might otherwise have been confined for a much longer period.Preaching the word.--Better, preaching the glad tidings of the word.
