Everywhere, of course, does not mean all over the world, and the idea may be limited to the many villages of Samaria (see 8.25). However, this may be imposing too great a limitation upon the meaning of the word as used by Luke.

On the translation of “the saints” as God’s people see 9.13.

Lydda was a small village lying northwest of Jerusalem, some ten miles from Joppa.

Quoted with permission from Newman, Barclay M. and Nida, Eugene A. A Handbook on The Acts of the Apostles. (UBS Handbook Series). New York: UBS, 1972. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .