Acts 11:26
and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. And it came to pass a whole year for them to be assembled in the congregation, and to teach a considerable multitude, and to call the disciples Christians, first at Antioch.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
25And Barnabus departed to Tarsus to seek Saul,
27Now in these days prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.
Cross References
Matthew 28:19After going, make ye disciples of all the nations, immersing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
Acts 11:20And some of them were men, Cyprians and Cyrenians, who, having come to Antioch, spoke to the Hellenists, preaching good-news, the Lord Jesus.
Acts 11:27Now in these days prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.
Acts 14:23And having appointed elders for them in every congregation, having prayed with fasting, they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.
Acts 26:28And Agrippa said to Paul, By a little thou persuade me to become a Christian.
1 Corinthians 11:18For indeed first, when ye come together in a congregation, I hear divisions are present among you, and I partly believe it.
Matthew Henry on Acts 11:20-27
The Gospel Preached at Antioch; Success of the Gospel at Antioch; Barnabas at Antioch. 19 Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only. 20 And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, which, when they were come to Antioch, spake unto the Grecians, preaching the Lord Jesus. 21 And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord. 22… Read the whole commentary →