Acts 11:26
and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. And it came to pass, that they met together in the church for a whole year, and taught a great multitude; and the disciples were called Christians first at Antioch.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
25And Barnabas went to Tarsus, to seek for Saul;
27In those days prophets came from Jerusalem to Antioch.
Cross References
Matthew 28:19Go, therefore, make disciples of all nations, immersing them (the disciples) into the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit;
Acts 11:20But some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they had come to Antioch, spoke to the Grecians, preaching the Lord Jesus.
Acts 11:27In those days prophets came from Jerusalem to Antioch.
Acts 14:23And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.
Acts 26:28Then Agrippa said to Paul: You almost persuade me to be a Christian.
1 Corinthians 11:18For, in the first place, when you come together in the church, I hear that there are schisms 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 →