Acts 8:4

Philip Goes to Samaria

4 The believers who had been scattered preached the word everywhere they went.

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 Godly Jews buried Stephen. They sobbed and sobbed over him.

3 But Saul began to destroy the church. He went from house to house. He dragged men and women away and put them in prison.

4 The believers who had been scattered preached the word everywhere they went.

5 Philip went down to a city in Samaria. There he preached about the Christ.

6 The crowds listened to Philip. They saw the miraculous signs he did. They all paid close attention to what he said.