Acts 8:4

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The Lord's followers who had been scattered went from place to place, telling the good news.

Cross References

Matthew 10:23

When people ill-treat you in one town, hurry to another one. I promise you that before you have gone to all the towns of Israel, the Son of Man will come.

Luke 1:2

They wrote what we had been told by the ones who were there in the beginning and saw what happened.

Acts 11:19

Some of the Lord's followers had been scattered because of the terrible trouble that started when Stephen was killed. They went as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, but they told the message only to the Jews.

Acts 8:1

Saul approved the stoning of Stephen. Some faithful followers of the Lord buried Stephen and mourned very much for him. At that time the church in Jerusalem suffered terribly. All the Lord's followers, except the apostles, were scattered everywhere in Judea and Samaria.

Acts 8:12

But when they believed what Philip was saying about God's kingdom and about the name of Jesus Christ, they were all baptized.

1 Thessalonians 2:2

As you remember, we had been ill-treated and insulted at Philippi. But God gave us the courage to tell you the good news about him, even though many people caused us trouble.