Acts 8:4

Philip in Samaria

4 Those who had been scattered moved on, preaching the good news along the way.

Acts 8:4 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 8:4

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.

Acts 8:4 In-Context

2 Some pious men buried Stephen and deeply grieved over him.
3 Saul began to wreak havoc against the church. Entering one house after another, he would drag off both men and women and throw them into prison.
4 Those who had been scattered moved on, preaching the good news along the way.
5 Philip went down to a city in Samaria and began to preach Christ to them.
6 The crowds were united by what they heard Philip say and the signs they saw him perform, and they gave him their undivided attention.
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