Acts 11:26
and when he had found him he brought him to Antioch, where for a whole year they were guests of the church, and taught many people. And it was in Antioch that the disciples first received the name of "Christians."
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
25Then Barnabas visited Tarsus, to try to find Saul,
27At that time some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.
Cross References
Matthew 28:19Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit;
Acts 11:20Some of them, however, were Cyprians and Cyrenaeans, who, on reaching Antioch, began to tell the Greeks also the Good News concerning the Lord Jesus.
Acts 11:27At that time some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.
Acts 14:23They chose elders for them in every church, after prayer and fasting, and commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
Acts 26:28Agrippa answered, "In short, you are doing your best to persuade me to become a Christian."
1 Corinthians 11:18To begin with, I am told - and I believe there is some truth in it - that when you meet at a church there are divisions among you.
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 →