Acts 11:27

And in these days prophets came over from Jerusalem to Antioch.

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In The King James Version

And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch.

In Context

26and when he had found him, he led (him) to Antioch. And all a year they lived there in the church, and taught much people, so that the disciples were named first at Antioch christian men (or were first called Christians at Antioch).

28And one of them rose up, Agabus by name, and signified by the Spirit a great hunger to coming [or a great hunger to come] in all the world, which hunger was made under Claudius (or and this famine occurred during the reign of Claudius).

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Cross References

Matthew 23:34Therefore lo! I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes [or writers]; and of them ye shall slay and crucify, and of them ye shall scourge in your synagogues, and shall pursue from city into city, [or and shall pursue from city to city], (or and shall persecute them from city to city);

Acts 13:1And prophets and doctors (or teachers of the Law) were in the church that was at Antioch, in which Barnabas, and Simon, that was called Black, and Lucius Cyreneus, and Manaen, that was the suckling-frère of Herod tetrarch (or who was the foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch), that is, (the) prince of the fourth part, and Saul were.

Acts 21:4And when we found (some) disciples, we dwelled there seven days; which said by (the Holy) Spirit to Paul, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.

1 Corinthians 12:28But God set some men in the church, first apostles, the second time prophets [or the second prophets], the third teachers, afterward virtues, (or works of power, or miracles), afterward graces of healings (or gifts of healing), helpings, governings, kinds of (strange and ecstatic) languages (or tongues), interpretations of words.

Ephesians 4:11And he gave some apostles (or And he made some of us apostles), some prophets, others evangelists, others shepherds and teachers,

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 →

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