Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Acts 11:20

some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene—(see on Luke 23:26); as Lucius, mentioned in Acts 13:1.

spake unto the Grecians—rather, "the Greeks," that is, uncircumcised Gentiles (as the true reading beyond doubt is). The Gospel had, from the first, been preached to "the Grecians" or Greek-speaking Jews, and these "men of Cyprus and Cyrene" were themselves "Grecians." How, then, can we suppose that the historian would note, as something new and singular (Acts 11:22), that some of the dispersed Christians preached to them?




Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Acts 11:20:

Song of Solomon 8:8
Acts 11:19
Acts 21:16
Galatians 2:11
Galatians 2:11
Ephesians 3:5

 

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