Acts 8:4

οἱ μὲν οὖν : marking a general statement, δὲ in following verse, introducing a particular instance (so Rendall, Appendix on μὲν οὖν, Acts, p. 162, and see also p. 64). διῆλθον : the word is constantly used of missionary journeys in Acts, cf. Acts 5:40; Acts 11:19; Acts 9:32 (Luke 9:6), cf. Acts 13:6, note. εὐαγγελιζόμενοι : it is a suggestive fact that this word is only used once in the other Gospels (Matthew 11:5 by our Lord), but no less than ten times in St. Luke's Gospel, fifteen in Acts, and chiefly elsewhere by St. Paul; truly “a missionary word,” see Acts 8:12. Simcox, Language of the N. T., p. 79, speaks of its introduction into the N.T. with “such a novel force as to be felt like a new word”. It is used several times in LXX, and is also found in Psalms of Solomon, Acts 11:2 (cf. Isaiah 40:9; Isaiah 52:7, and Nahum 1:15). On its construction see Simcox, u. s., p. 79, and Vogel, p. 24.