Acts 11:26
and having found him, he brought him to Antioch. And it came about that for a whole year they assembled with the church and instructed many people. And the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
In Context
25And Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul,
27Now in these days prophets went down from Jerusalem to Antioch.
Cross References
Matthew 28:19Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
Acts 11:20But some of them were men from Cyprus and Cyrene, who, entering into Antioch spoke to the Greek speaking Jews, preaching the good news of the Lord Jesus.
Acts 11:27Now in these days prophets went down from Jerusalem to Antioch.
Acts 14:23And having chosen elders for them in every church, and having prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
Acts 26:28And Agrippa said to Paul, “In a short time, you are persuading me to become a Christian!”
1 Corinthians 11:18For first of all, when you come together in church, I hear that there are divisions among you, and in part I 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 →