Acts 8:4
Yet the believers who had been scattered went about proclaiming the word.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.
In Context
5Philip went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed to them the Christ.
Cross References
Matthew 10:23When they persecute you in this city, flee to the next, for truly I say to you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel before the Son of Man has come.
Acts 11:19Now those who had been scattered by the persecution that arose over Stephen spread as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word only to Jews.
Acts 15:35But Paul and Barnabas stayed in Antioch along with many others, where they taught and proclaimed 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 →