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God's Unstoppable Plan
Commentators unanimously see God's sovereign hand at work. The persecution intended to crush the early church became the very catalyst that spread the gospel beyond Jerusalem. As several scholars note, the attempt to stamp out the new faith only gave it a wider scope, demonstrating how God uses even opposition to fulfill His purposes.
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Albert Barnes
On Acts 8:4
18th Century
Theologian
Went everywhere. That is, they traveled through the various regions where they were scattered. In all places to which they came, they prea…
AT Robertson
On Acts 8:4
They therefore (ο μεν ουν). Demonstrative ο as often (1:6, etc.) though it will make sense as the article with the participle διασ…
Charles Ellicott
On Acts 8:4
19th Century
Bishop
Those who were scattered abroad.—These, as has been said above, were in all probability Stephen’s Hellenistic fel…
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Charles Spurgeon
On Acts 8:4
19th Century
Preacher
Therefore those who were scattered abroad went everywhere preaching the word.
They might have stopped at Jerusalem and made a comfo…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Acts 8:4
Luke records the mission to Samaria as inaugurated by Philip and carried on by Peter and John as “Exhibit A” for his thesis that “those who had bee…
John Calvin
On Acts 8:4
16th Century
Theologian
And they were scattered abroad. Luke declares in this passage also, that it came about by the wonderful providence of God, that the scatte…
John Gill
On Acts 8:4
17th Century
Pastor
Therefore they that were scattered abroad By reason of the persecution in Jerusalem: the seventy disciples, and other min…
Matthew Henry
On Acts 8:1–4
17th Century
Minister
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 t…