Acts 8:4

So those who were scattered abroad were going everywhere preaching the word.

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

3But Saul was laying waste the church. He was wont to enter into every house, and to drag off men and women, and to commit them to prison.

5Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and began to preach Christ there.

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Cross References

Matthew 10:23"But when they persecute you in one city, flee to the next. In solemn truth I tell you that you shall not have completed the cities of Israel, before the Son of man comes.

Acts 11:19Then those who had been scattered by the trouble that arose over Stephen, traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch; but they preached the word to none except Jews.

Acts 15:35Paul and Barnabas also stayed in Antioch teaching and proclaiming the word of the Lord, in company with others.

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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