to go through
diodeuo describes moving through a sequence of places, whether cities and villages or named stops on a journey.
The two verses show movement through successive locations: an ongoing passage through cities and villages in Luke 8:1 and a completed journey through named places in Acts 17:1.
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Travel through a succession of places · dominant
In Luke 8:1, the imperfect active indicative form occurs in the clause about going through city after city and village after village while preaching and proclaiming. In Acts 17:1, the aorist active participle introduces arrival at Thessalonica after passing through Amphipolis and Apollonia; the APB renders the clause “After going through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the movement as “went through city after city and village after village” in Luke 8:1 and “going through Amphipolis and Apollonia” in Acts 17:1. These are clause-level renderings rather than definitions.