Acts 11:26 - John Wesley's Notes

Acts 11:26

24 For he was a good man, ^afull of the Holy Spirit and of faith. ^bAnd a great many people were added to the Lord.

25 Then Barnabas departed for ^aTarsus to seek Saul.

26 And when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. So it was that for a whole year they assembled with the church and taught a great many people. And the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.

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27 And in these days ^aprophets came from Jerusalem to Antioch.

28 Then one of them, named ^aAgabus, stood up and showed by the Spirit that there was going to be a great famine throughout all the world, which also happened in the days of ^bClaudius Caesar.

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Acts 11:26

And the disciples were first called Christians at Antioch - Here it was that they first received this standing appellation. They were before termed Nazarenes and Galileans.

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