And as they were leaving, they began going throughout the villages, preaching the gospel and healing everywhere.
Parallel translations
- WEB They departed, and went throughout the villages, preaching the Good News, and healing everywhere.
- KJV And they departed, and went through the towns, preaching the gospel, and healing every where.
- BSB So they set out and went from village to village, preaching the gospel and healing people everywhere.
- NKJV So they departed and went through the towns, preaching the gospel and healing everywhere.
- NLT So they began their circuit of the villages, preaching the Good News and healing the sick.
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Quick answer
The apostles go through the villages preaching the Good News and healing everywhere. They faithfully carry out Jesus' commission.
Overview
Luke records the apostles doing exactly as commissioned, spreading the Gospel and healing across the region. Their obedience extends Jesus' ministry widely. The summary shows the Kingdom advancing through Christ's appointed messengers.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Acts 4:30while you stretch out your hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of your holy Servant Jesus.”
- Mark 16:20They went out, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word by the signs that followed. Amen.
- Mark 6:12–13They went out and preached that people should repent.
- Acts 5:15They even carried out the sick into the streets, and laid them on cots and mattresses, so that as Peter came by, at the least his shadow might overshadow some of them.
- Luke 9:1–2He called the twelve together, and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases.
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Luke shows Jesus the Savior for all — outsiders, the poor, the nations — the one who, on the Emmaus road, opened all the Scriptures to show they were about himself.
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