Acts 8:4
Indeed therefore those who were scattered abroad passed through proclaiming the good-news, the word.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.
In Context
5And Philip, who went down to a city of Samaria, proclaimed the Christ to them.
Cross References
Matthew 10:23But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the other, for truly I say to you, ye will, no, not have completed the cities of Israel, until the Son of man comes.
Acts 11:19Indeed therefore those who were scattered abroad from the persecution that occurred against Stephen passed through as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to none except Jews only.
Acts 15:35But Paul and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching and preaching good-news, the word of the Lord, with many others also.
Matthew Henry on Acts 8:2-4
Persecution of the Church. 1 And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judæa and Samaria, except the apostles. 2 And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him. 3 As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison. In these verses we have, I. Something more… Read the whole commentary →