Acts 8:4

Acts 8:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.
• New International Version (NIV)Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Now those who were scattered went about preaching the word.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore those who were scattered went everywhere preaching the word.

Context of Acts 8:4

2Some good men who loved God buried Stephen's dead body. They were very sad and they cried with loud voices. 3But Saul brought great trouble to the believers. He wanted to destroy their whole group. So he went to all their houses. He took hold of the believers and he put them into prison. He did that to both men and women. The believers who had left Jerusalem went to many different towns. In each place, they told the people the message about Jesus. 5One of them who was called Philip went to a city in Samaria. There he told the people the message about Jesus Christ, God's Messiah. 6Crowds of people came together to hear Philip speak. They saw him do many miracles which showed that God was with him. So they listened carefully to his message.

Acts 8:4 word by word

Οἱ μὲν οὖν διασπαρέντες διῆλθον εὐαγγελιζόμενοι τὸν λόγον.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thereforeοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• ·μένmen · on the other handG3303
• theyὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• that were scattered abroadδιασπείρωdiaspeirō · to scatterG1289
• went every whereδιέρχομαιdierchomai · to pass throughG1330
• preachingεὐαγγελίζομαιeuaggelizō · to speak good newsG2097
• the wordλόγοςlogos · wordG3056

Cross-references for Acts 8:4

• Acts 11:19After the Jewish leaders had killed Stephen, the believers had a lot of trouble. The believers left Jerusalem and they went to many different places. Some of them went away as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus and Antioch. They told God's message to people in these places. But they only told the message to Jews.
• Acts 14:2But some of the Jews refused to believe God's message. They told the Gentiles that they too should not believe it. The Jews put bad thoughts into the minds of the Gentiles so that they became angry against the believers.
• Matthew 10:23If people in any town hurt you because of me, you should leave that town immediately. Go to another town. I tell you this: You will not have enough time to speak your message in all the towns of Israel. I, the Son of Man, will return before that can happen.
• 1 Thessalonians 2:2You know what happened to us before we came to you. The people at Philippi had done bad things to us. They had caused us to have trouble. When we came to you, our God helped us to be brave. We were not afraid to tell you his good news. Many people tried to stop us, but we told you God's message.

Commentaries on Acts 8:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4They 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!Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Went 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-4Saul was there: Compare 9:1–2; 22:4; 26:9–11; Galatians 1:13–14. This major attack against the church caused all believers except the apostles to flee. Instead of losing enthusiasm, they preached the good news about Jesus wherever they went.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. they that were scattered abroad went everywhere preaching--Though solemnly enjoined to do this (Lu 24:47; Ac 1:8), they would probably have lingered at Jerusalem, but for this besom of persecution which swept them out. How often has the rage of Christ's enemies thus "turned out rather unto the furtherance of the Gospel" (see Php 1:12, 13).Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 8:4

• Jerusalem
• Persecution
• Philip
• Zeal, Religious

In the dictionaries

• Scattered Abroad
• Believe
• Bitterness
• Consent
• Devout
• Havock
• Join
• Pray
• Regard
• Separate

Commentaries on Acts 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings