Acts 8:4

The ones therefore having been scattered went about darshenen the dvar Hashem.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.

In Context

3But Rav Sha'ul was making havoc of the Moshiachʼs Kehillah, barging in bais by bais, dragging off both anashim and nashim, and delivering them over to the beis hasohar.

5Now Philippos, + 8:5 Ac 6:5 having gone down to the city of Shomron, was preaching to them the Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach.

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Cross References

Matthew 10:23But when they persecute you in one shtetl, flee to the other; for, omein, I say to you, by no means will you complete the shtetlach of Eretz Yisroel until the Bias HaMoshiach + 10:23 Dan 7:13 (Coming of the Moshiach, the Bar Enosh).

Acts 11:19Then the ones, that is, those having been scattered because of the tzoros that happened in connection with Stefanos, came to Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, darshenen to no one the dvar Hashem except only to Yehudim.

Acts 15:35And Rav Sha'ul and Bar-Nabba were staying in Syrian Antioch saying shiurim and drashot with also many others, the content of these being the dvar Hashem.

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 →

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