Acts 11:26
And when he had found him, he brought him with him to Antioch. And a whole year they met together in the church, and instructed many people. From that time forth, the disciples were first called CHRISTIANS, at Antioch.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
25And he went away to Tarsus, to seek for Saul.
27In those days came prophets thither from Jerusalem.
Cross References
Matthew 28:19Go ye, therefore, and instruct all nations; and baptize them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Acts 11:20And there were some of them from Cyprus and from Cyrene, who went up to Antioch, and spoke to the Greeks, and preached concerning our Lord Jesus.
Acts 11:27In those days came prophets thither from Jerusalem.
Acts 14:23And they established for them Elders in each church, while they fasted with them, and prayed, and commended them to our Lord in whom they believed.
Acts 26:28King Agrippa said to him: Almost, thou persuadest me to become a Christian.
1 Corinthians 11:18Because, first; when ye assemble in the church, there are, I hear, divisions among you; and I partly 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 →