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Acts 8:4
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So those who were scattered went on their way preaching the word.
Therefore they that were scattered abroad, went euery where preaching the word.
Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.
Now those who were scattered went about preaching the word.
Therefore, those who had been scattered went through places preaching the word.
And wherever they were scattered, they told people the Good News.
Now those [believers] who had been scattered went from place to place preaching the word [the good news of salvation through Christ].
Therefore, those who had been scattered went about preaching the word.
Therefore, those who had been scattered went about, proclaiming the good news of the word.
Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went.
The Lord's followers who had been scattered went from place to place, telling the good news.
However, those who were scattered announced the Good News of the Word wherever they went.
Those then that had been scattered went through [the countries] announcing the glad tidings of the word.
They were scattered everywhere, and in every place they went, they told people the Good News.
Therefore they that were scattered abroad, went to and fro preaching the worde.
So that they that were scattered abroad went everywhere preaching the word of God.
The believers who were scattered went everywhere, preaching the message.
Now those who had been scattered went about proclaiming the good news of the word.
Then, indeed, the ones who being scattered passed through, preaching the gospel, the Word.
They therefore that were scattered abroad went about preaching the word.
But those who had gone in flight went everywhere preaching the word.
Therefore those who were scattered abroad went around preaching the word.
And they who were dispersed went about and preached the word of Aloha.
And they who were dispersed, travelled about and preached the word of God.
Therfore, they that were scattered abrode, went euery where preachyng the worde of God.
They therefore that were scattered abroad went about preaching the word.
Therefore those who were scattered abroad went around preaching the word.
Therefore they that were scattered abroad, went every where, preaching the word.
Those, however, who were scattered abroad went from place to place spreading the Good News of God's Message;
And thei that weren scaterid, passiden forth, prechynge the word of God.
They therefore that were scattered abroad, went about preaching the word.
Therefore they that were dispersed went every where preaching the word.
Now those who had been forced to scatter went around proclaiming the good news of the word.
Therefore those who were scattered went everywhere preaching the word.
But the believers who were scattered preached the Good News about Jesus wherever they went.
Those who had been made to go to other places preached the Word as they went.
Now those who were scattered went from place to place, proclaiming the word.
They, indeed, therefore, who were scattered abroad, passed through, telling the good-news of the word;
They therefore that were dispersed went about preaching the word of God.
Now those who were scattered went about preaching the word.
They that were scattered abroade went every where preachyng the worde.
they then indeed, having been scattered, went abroad proclaiming good news -- the word.
They now yt were scatered abrode wete aboute & preached the worde.
but they that were dispers'd, preach'd the gospel wherever they went.
Now just because the believers were scattered didn't mean they weren't preaching wherever they went.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Acts 11:19, Acts 14:2-7, Matthew 10:23, 1 Thessalonians 2:2
Reciprocal: Zechariah 10:9 - sow Matthew 9:38 - that Mark 16:20 - the Lord Luke 10:2 - the Lord Luke 14:21 - Go John 4:38 - sent Acts 8:1 - and they Acts 14:7 - General Philippians 1:12 - rather 1 Peter 1:1 - scattered 3 John 1:7 - that
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Therefore they that were scattered abroad,.... By reason of the persecution in Jerusalem: the seventy disciples, and other ministers of the word; or the hundred and twenty, excepting the apostles,
went every where; or went through the countries of Judea and Samaria, as far as Phenice, Cyrus, and Antioch:
preaching the word; the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Ethiopic versions add, "of God", and so some copies; the Gospel, which is the word of God, and not man; which was not of men, nor received from men, but came from God, and by the revelation of Christ; and which was good news and glad tidings, of peace, pardon, righteousness and salvation, by Jesus Christ.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Went everywhere - That is, they traveled through the various regions where they were scattered. In all places to which they came, they preached the Word.
Preaching the word - Greek: “evangelizing,” or announcing the good news of the message of mercy, or the Word of God. This is not the usual word which is rendered “preach,” but it means simply announcing the good news of salvation. There is no evidence, nor is there any probability, that all these persons were “ordained” to preach. They were manifestly common Christians who were scattered by the persecution; and the meaning is, that they communicated to their fellow-men in conversation wherever they met them, and probably in the synagogues, where all Jews had a right to speak, the glad tidings that the Messiah had come. It is not said that they set themselves up for public teachers, or that they administered baptism, or that they founded churches, but they proclaimed everywhere the news that a Saviour had come. Their hearts were full of it. Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks; and they made the truth known to “all” whom they met. We may learn from this:
- That persecution tends to promote the very thing which it would destroy.
(2)That one of the best means to make Christians active and zealous is to persecute them.
(3)That it is right for all Christians to make known the truths of the gospel. When the heart is full the lips will speak, and there is no more impropriety in their speaking of redemption than of anything else.
(4)It should be the great object of all Christians to make the Saviour known “everywhere.” By their lives, their conversation, and their pious exhortations and entreaties, they should beseech dying sinners to be reconciled to God. And especially should this be done when they “are traveling.” Christians when away from home seem almost to imagine that they lay aside the obligations of religion. But the example of Christ and his early disciples has taught us that this is the very time to attempt to do good.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Acts 8:4. They that were scattered - went every where preaching — Thus the very means devised by Satan to destroy the Church became the very instruments of its diffusion and establishment. What are counsel, or might, or cunning, or rage, or malice, against the Lord, whether they are excited by men or devils!
