Acts 8:4 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

The believers who were scattered went from place to place, where they spread the word.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.

ASV:

They therefore that were scattered abroad, went about preaching the word.

BBE:

But those who had gone in flight went everywhere preaching the word.

DBY:

Those then that had been scattered went through the countries announcing the glad tidings of the word.

ERV:

They therefore that were scattered abroad went about preaching the word.

WEY:

Those, however, who were scattered abroad went from place to place spreading the Good News of God's Message;

WBS:

Therefore they that were dispersed went every where preaching the word.

WEB:

Therefore those who were scattered abroad went around preaching the word.

YLT:

they then indeed, having been scattered, went abroad proclaiming good news -- the word.

Acts 8:4 Cross References

XREF:

Acts 8:1 Saul was in hearty agreement with putting him to death. And on that day a great persecution began against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.

Acts 8:12 But when they believed Philip preaching the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were being baptized, men and women alike.

Acts 15:35 But Paul and Barnabas stayed in Antioch, teaching and preaching with many others also, the word of the Lord. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

PNT:

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.

WES:

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.

MHC:

8:1-4 Though persecution must not drive us from our work, yet it may send us to work elsewhere. Wherever the established believer is driven, he carries the knowledge of the gospel, and makes known the preciousness of Christ in every place. Where a simple desire of doing good influences the heart, it will be found impossible to shut a man out from all opportunities of usefulness.

CONC:

Abroad Announcing Countries Dispersed Everywhere Flight Glad God's However Indeed Message News Preached Preaching Proclaiming Scattered Spreading Tidings Wherever

Abroad Announcing Countries Dispersed Everywhere Flight Glad God's Good However Indeed Message News Preached Preaching Proclaiming Scattered Spreading Tidings Wherever Word

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