en_tn/act/08/04.md

Connecting Statement:

This begins the story of Philip, whom the people had chosen as a deacon. (See: Acts 6:5)

who had been scattered

The cause for the scattering, the persecution, was stated previously. This can be stated in active form. AT: "who had fled the great persecution and had gone" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)

proclaiming the word

"Word" here is a metonym for "message." AT: "proclaiming the message from God" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)