“And they, when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.”
After they had further proclaimed the word of the Lord and testified to what they had seen, Peter and John returned to Jerusalem - Peter and John's apostolic work includes both proclamation and testimony ('proclaimed the word and testified'). They return to Jerusalem to report on the mission. The apostolic oversight is complete: they send, they pray, they lay on hands, they instruct and correct, and they return to the center of authority.
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