Now those who were scattered went about preaching the word.
God turns persecution to His purpose: the gospel voice, once confined to Jerusalem, now sounds everywhere through the scattered faithful. We must learn from them that exile and flight are no excuse for silence or cowardice, but rather fuel for boldness in confessing Christ.
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Here is Samson's riddle solved: out of the strong comes sweetness. The very persecution meant to destroy the church became the means of spreading it. Those who scattered did not slink away to hide but went everywhere preaching, turning their dispersal into evangelism.
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Commenting on Acts 8:4-13
The scattered disciples, the seventy, the hundred and twenty save the apostles, went through Judea, Samaria, Phoenice, Cyprus, and Antioch preaching the word of God, which is not of men but came from God and by the revelation of Christ.
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