Acts 13:49

13:49 So the word of the Lord was spreading ¹  through the entire region.

Acts 2:3

2:3 And tongues spreading out like a fire ²  appeared to them and came to rest on each one of them.

Acts 4:17

4:17 But to keep this matter from spreading any further among the people, let us warn them to speak no more ³  to anyone in this name.”

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¹ tn BDAG 239 s.v. διαφέρω 1 has “spread” for διαφέρετο (diafereto) in connection with a teaching. This is the first summary since Acts 9:31.

² tn Or “And divided tongues as of fire.” The precise meaning of διαμερίζομαι (diamerizomai) in Acts 2:3 is difficult to determine. The meaning could be “tongues as of fire dividing up one to each person,” but it is also possible that the individual tongues of fire were divided (“And divided tongues as of fire appeared”). The translation adopted in the text (“tongues spreading out like a fire”) attempts to be somewhat ambiguous.

³ tn Or “speak no longer.”