Acts 8:4
They therefore that were dispersed, went about preaching the word of God.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.
In Context
5And Philip going down to the city of Samaria, preached Christ unto them.
Cross References
Matthew 10:23And when they shall persecute you in this city, flee into another. Amen I say to you, you shall not finish all the cities of Israel, till the Son of man come.
Acts 11:19Now they who had been dispersed by the persecution that arose on occasion of Stephen, went about as far as Phenice and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to none, but to the Jews only.
Acts 15:35And Paul and Barnabas continued at Antioch, teaching and preaching, with many others, the word of the Lord.
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 →