4 Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.
4 Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went.
4 Now those who were scattered went about preaching the word.
4 Forced to leave home base, the Christians all became missionaries. Wherever they were scattered, they preached the Message about Jesus.
4 Therefore those who were scattered went everywhere preaching the word.
4 But the believers who were scattered preached the Good News about Jesus wherever they went.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Acts 8:4
Commentary on Acts 8:1-4
(Read Acts 8:1-4)
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 the knowledge of the gospel, and makes known the preciousness of Christ in every place. Where a simple desire of doing good influences the heart, it will be found impossible to shut a man out from all opportunities of usefulness.