Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.
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Gill's Exposition
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,…
Barnes' Notes
Went 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…
Adam Clarke
They 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…
Samson's riddle is here again unriddled: Out of the eater comes forth meat, and out of the strong sweetness. The persecution that was designed to extirpate the church was by the overruling providence…
Cambridge Bible
Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where[went about] preaching the word In these words we have the general effect of the persecution. One particular history of such preaching is…
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