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-# Connecting Statement:
-
-This begins the story of Philip, whom the people had chosen as a deacon ([Acts 6:5](../06/05.md)).
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 # who had been scattered
 
-The cause for the scattering, the persecution, was stated previously. This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "who had fled the great persecution and had gone" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
+The cause for the scattering, the persecution, was stated previously. This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "who had fled the great persecution" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
 
 # the word