Acts 11:26
and when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that even for a whole year they were gathered together with the church, and taught much people; and that the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
25And he went forth to Tarsus to seek for Saul:
27Now in these days there came down prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch.
Cross References
Matthew 28:19Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost:
Acts 11:20But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they were come to Antioch, spake unto the Greeks also, preaching the Lord Jesus.
Acts 11:27Now in these days there came down prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch.
Acts 14:23And when they had appointed for them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.
Acts 26:28And Agrippa said unto Paul, With but little persuasion thou wouldest fain make me a Christian.
1 Corinthians 11:18For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that divisions exist 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 →