Acts 8:4
“Therefore they that were scattered abroad, went euery where preaching the word.”
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Acts 8:4 Context
2And deuout men carried Steuen to his buriall, and made great lamentation ouer him. 3As for Saul, he made hauocke of the Church, entring into euery house, and hailing men and women, committed them to prison. 4Therefore they that were scattered abroad, went euery where preaching the word. 5Then Philip went downe to the citie of Samaria, and preached Christ vnto them. 6And the people with one accord gaue heed vnto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.
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Other Translations for Acts 8:4
Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.
- King James Version
Therefore, those who had been scattered went about preaching the word.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
They therefore that were scattered abroad, went about preaching the word.
- American Standard Version (1901)
But those who had gone in flight went everywhere preaching the word.
- Basic English Bible
Those then that had been scattered went through [the countries] announcing the glad tidings of the word.
- Darby Bible
Therefore they that were dispersed went every where preaching the word.
- Webster's Bible
Those, however, who were scattered abroad went from place to place spreading the Good News of God's Message;
- Weymouth Bible
Therefore those who were scattered abroad went around preaching the word.
- World English Bible
And thei that weren scaterid, passiden forth, prechynge the word of God.
- Wycliffe Bible
they then indeed, having been scattered, went abroad proclaiming good news -- the word.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for Acts 8:4
8:4 Therefore they that were dispersed went every where - These very words are reassumed, after as it were a long parenthesis, chap. xi, 19, #Ac 11:19 and the thread of the story continued|.
People's Bible Notes for Acts 8:4
Ac 8:4 Went every where preaching the word. The rage of the persecutors only extended the reign of Christ. The scattered saints, long prepared at the feet of the apostles, went everywhere as preachers of Christ. The blood of Stephen was the seed of the church.