<p>11:19 <i>Now t<em>hose who were scattered</em></i>- The use of <em>diaspeiro</em> suggests that the scattered Christians were now the Israelite <em>diaspora</em>; they were the true Israel of God. The Greek literally means 'to be sown widely'; and indeed the seed of the Gospel was spread through this enforced migration.</p><p><i>Because of the persecution that arose over Stephen travelled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch</i>- see on Acts 8:1.</p><p><em>Speaking the word to no one except Jews-</em> They clearly assumed that the command to take the Gospel into all the world and to &quot;every creature&quot; referred to Jewish people worldwide. We too can read in an ellipsis into a section of God's word, so confident are we that our subconscious assumptions are the correct interpretation.</p>