-A name given to the followers of any teacher -Of John the Baptist Matthew 9:14 -Of Jesus Matthew 10:1; 20:17; Acts 9:26; 14:2; 21:4 -The seventy (better mss. have "seventy-two") followers of Jesus are sent forth Luke 10:1 -First called (divinely, from the Greek word, chrematizo) "Christians" at Antioch (of Syria) Acts 11:26 -See APOSTLES -See RIGHTEOUS
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