Acts 11:26
When he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for an entire year they met with the church and taught a large number of people, and it was in Antioch that the disciples were first called Christians.
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
In Context
25Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul.
27In those days some prophets came down to Antioch from Jerusalem.
Cross References
Matthew 28:19Go 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 there were some Cypriot and Cyrenian men among them who went to Antioch and began speaking to the Hellenists, preaching the good news about the Lord Jesus.
Acts 11:27In those days some prophets came down to Antioch from Jerusalem.
Acts 14:23And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting they entrusted them to the Lord in whom they had come to believe.
Acts 26:28Agrippa said to Paul, “Do yoʋ think yoʋ can persuade me to become a Christian so quickly?”
1 Corinthians 11:18For in the first place, I hear that there are divisions among you when you come together as a church, and in some 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 →