Acts 11:20
But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who upon entering Antioch started speaking to the Greek-speakers, preaching the good news of the Lord Jesus.
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In Context
21And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number believed and turned to the Lord.
Cross References
Matthew 27:32Now as they went out they found a man of Cyrene, named Simon; they compelled him to carry His cross.
Acts 2:10in Phrygia and Pamphylia, in Egypt and the parts of Libya adjoining Cyrene; and visitors from Rome—both Jews and proselytes—
Acts 5:42And every day, in the temple and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ.
Acts 8:5Now Philip, having gone down to a city of Samaria, was proclaiming the Christ to them;
Acts 9:20Immediately he started proclaiming Jesus in the synagogues, that He is the Son of the God.
Acts 13:1Now in the congregation that was in Antioch there were certain prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon (the one called Niger), Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch), and Saul.
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 →