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Acts 8:4-6 KJV
Acts · chapter 8 · verses 4–6
4Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word. 5Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them. 6And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.Acts 8:4-6 · King James Version
Acts 8:4-6 in context
2And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.
3As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.
4Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.
5Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.
6And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.
7For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed.
8And there was great joy in that city.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- preachingeuangelizōto bring good news, to announce glad tidings, used in the OT of any kind of good news, of…G2097 →
- preachedkēryssōto be a herald, to officiate as a herald, to proclaim after the manner of a herald…G2784 →
- SamariasamareiaSamaria = " guardianship" , a territory in Palestine, which had Samaria as its…G4540 →
- hearingenin, by, with etcG1722 →
- hearingakouōto be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf, to hear, to attend to, consider what…G191 →
- hearingautoshimself, herself, themselves, itself, he, she, it, the sameG846 →
- abroaddiaspeirōto scatter abroad, disperseG1289 →
- PhilipphilipposPhilip = " lover of horses" , an apostle of Christ, an evangelist and one of the…G5376 →
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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 of God made an occasion of the enlargement of it. Christ had said, I am come to send fire on the earth;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 4-13