Acts 11:20

Acts 11:20

18 When they heard these things they became silent; and they glorified God, saying, ^a“Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance to life.”

Barnabas and Saul at Antioch

19 ^aNow those who were scattered after the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to no one but the Jews only.

20 But some of them were men from Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they had come to Antioch, spoke to ^athe Hellenists, preaching the Lord Jesus.

21 And ^athe hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number believed and ^bturned to the Lord.

22 Then news of these things came to the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent out ^aBarnabas to go as far as Antioch.

23 When he came and had seen the grace of God, he was glad, and ^aencouraged them all that with purpose of heart they should continue with the Lord.

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.

Relief to Judea

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.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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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?

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