They therefore for therefore they, A.V.; about for everywhere, A.V. Went about; i.e. from place to place, and wherever they went they preached the Word. διέρχομαι here is used in the same sense as in Acts 8:40, and in Acts 10:38; Acts 17:23; Acts 20:25, and elsewhere.
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