Acts 11:26
And it happened unto them, a whole year indeed they assembled in the church, and taught a great multitude: and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
25And he went away to Tarsus, to hunt up Saul: and having found him, led him to Antioch.
27And during those days prophets came from Jerusalem to Antioch.
Cross References
Matthew 28:19Going, disciple all nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost:
Acts 11:20And of them there were certain Cyprian and Cyrenean men, who, having come into Antioch, were speaking to the Greeks also, preaching the gospel of the Lord Jesus.
Acts 11:27And during those days prophets came from Jerusalem to Antioch.
Acts 14:23And electing elders for them in every church, praying with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.
Acts 26:28And Agrippa said to Paul, With little persuasion thou dost persuade thyself to make me a Christian.
1 Corinthians 11:18For in the first place, indeed you coming together, I hear that there are schisms among you; and I in part 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 →