Acts 11:26

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.

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.

29 Then the disciples, each according to his ability, determined to send ^arelief to the brethren dwelling in Judea.

30 ^aThis they also did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.

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Acts 11:26 A whole year. AD 44; they continued the work with great success. The disciples were first called Christians in Antioch. The Jews called them "Nazarenes" (Acts 24:5) or "Galileans" (Acts 2:7). They called themselves "disciples" (Acts 6:1, etc.), "brethren" (Acts 6:3, etc.) "saints" (Acts 9:13 26:10). The new term was probably bestowed by the Gentiles in the great city, in default of any other name that seemed appropriate. Here was the first great Gentile church. Outsiders could see that they were not Jews nor pagans, hence they called them after their Lord, just as the first disciples of Plato were called Platonists, and those of Epicurus, Epicureans. The designation "Christians" occurs only twice elsewhere in the New Testament (Acts 26:28 1Pe 4:16), and in both places its use is ascribed to those out of the church; yet it was accepted as honoring the Lord.

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