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ACTS 11:20 ~Ellhnista,j {C}
The textual problems of this verse are compounded by the diversity of
views concerning the meaning of ~Ellhnisth,j. This noun, which appears
to be a new formation from e`l...
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Verse Acts 11:20. _MEN OF - CYRENE_] The metropolis of the Cyrenaica;
a country of Africa, bounded on the east by Marmarica, on the west by
the Regio Syrtica, on the north by the Mediterranean, and o...
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WERE MEN OF CYPRUS AND CYRENE - Were natives of Cyprus and Cyrene.
Cyrene was a province and city of Libya in Africa. It is at present
called Cairoan, and is situated in the kingdom of Barca. In Cypru...
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CHAPTER 11
_ 1. Peter's Defense in Jerusalem (Acts 11:1)._
2. The Beginning of the Church in Antioch (Acts 11:19).
3. Barnabas sent to Antioch (Acts 11:22).
4. The Prophecy of Agabus ...
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ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF THE EARLY GENTILE MISSION. ANTIOCH. This connects
with Acts 8:2. It was the Hellenists at Jerusalem, whose mouthpiece
Stephen was, who were driven away at his death. There, they wer...
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Those who had been dispersed by the persecution following upon the
death of Stephen went through the country as far as Phoenicia and
Cyprus and Antioch, but they spoke the word to no one except to Jew...
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PETER ON HIS DEFENCE (Acts 11:1-10)...
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SOME. Greek. _tis._ App-123.
OF CYPRUS, &C. Cypriotes and Cyrenians.
GRECIANS. See note on Acts 6:1. Most texts read _Hellenes,_ Greeks.
There was nothing strange in speaking to the Greek-speaking J...
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_And_[But] _some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene_ in whose
minds, from their more cosmopolitan education, there was less scruple
about mixing with Gentiles than existed among the Jews of Palesti...
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FURTHER SPREAD OF THE GOSPEL AS FAR AS ANTIOCH...
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ἝΛΛΗΝΑΣ for Ἑλληνιστάς with אAD. _Vulg_.
‘Græcos.’
20. ἮΣΑΝ ΔΈ ΤΙΝΕΣ … ΚΎΠΡΙΟΙ ΚΑῚ
ΚΥΡΗΝΑΙ͂ΟΙ, _but some of them were men of Cyprus and
Cyrene_. In whose minds, from their more cosmopolitan education...
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_THE CHURCH WAS ESTABLISHED IN ANTIOCH OF SYRIA ACTS 11:19-21:_ As
early Christian were scattered they preached the word wherever they
went. The persecution that followed the death of Stephen led to t...
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ΈΛΘΌΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.), см._ Acts 11:5.
ΈΛΆΛΟΥΝ _impf. ind. act., см._ Acts 11:14. Inch, _impf._,
"они начали и продолжали говорить".
'ΕΛΛΗΝΙΣΤΉΣ (G1675) говорящий
по-гречески. Это может от...
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AND SOME OF THEM WERE MEN OF CYPRUS— _But some of them,_ &c. St.
Peter having opened the door of Christian faith, and laid the
foundation of a Christian church among the Gentiles, after God had
testif...
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THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CHURCH IN ANTIOCH.
Acts 11:19-21
Acts 11:19
They therefore that were scattered abroad upon the tribulation that
arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phoenicia, and Cypru...
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20, 21. Among the brethren engaged in these labors, Luke chooses to
follow in a narrative only those who founded the Church in Antioch.
(20) "_And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, havi...
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And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, which, when they were
come to Antioch, spake unto the Grecians, preaching the Lord Jesus.
AND SOME OF THEM WERE MEN OF CYPRUS AND CYRENE. Cyrene lay...
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4 So important is this new departure that Peter's rehearsal before his
indignant brethren is given in full, for it removes the great obstacle
which lay in the way of the further spread of the evangel....
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THE FIRST GENTILE CHURCH
1-18. The baptism of Cornelius discussed and approved at Jerusalem.
Those Christians who maintained the need of observing the Ceremonial
Law did not attack the baptism itself...
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MEN OF CYPRUS AND CYRENE] these would be Hellenists (Greek-speaking
Jews), and therefore presumably more liberal in their views than
Hebrews. To these unnamed Cyprians and Cyrenians belongs the credit...
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THE CHURCH IN ANTIOCH, 35-47 A.D. (ACTS 11:19 TO ACTS 13:3)
19-26. Extension of the Church to Antioch. Admission of Gentile
members. Antioch in N. Syria ranked next to Alexandria, as the third
city in...
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GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE
ACTS
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 11
PETER’S REPORT TO THE *CHURCH IN *JERUSALEM, 11:1-18
V1 The *apostles and the *believers in *Judea heard that the
*Gentiles also had receive...
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AND SOME OF THEM WERE MEN OF CYPRUS AND CYRENE. — Better, _But
some._ These were, from the nature of the case, Hellenistic or
Greek-speaking Jews. Who they were we can only conjecture. Possibly
Lucius...
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ἄνδρες Κύπ. καὶ Κυρ., _cf._ Acts 4:36; Acts 21:16;
Acts 2:10; Acts 6:9. Ἑλληνιστάς, see critical notes.
εὐαγγελιζόμενοι τὸν Κ. Ἰ.: on construction with
accusative of the messag
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Further spread of the Gosael to Antioch....
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KNITTING TOGETHER THE CHURCH
Acts 11:19-30
The development of God's plan is still further disclosed in the events
recorded in this section, which describe the same phenomenon of
Gentile conversion, b...
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It is very interesting to note how slowly the prejudices of the Hebrew
Christians gave way, and yet how amenable they were to the evidences
as they appeared. The apostles and the brethren at Jerusalem...
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Barnabas Goes to Antioch to Encourage Young Converts
Ash reports that Antioch was the world's third largest city at that
time, trailing only Rome and Alexandria. Luke reported that those
scattered by...
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(4) And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, which, when they
were come to Antioch, spake unto the Grecians, preaching the Lord
Jesus.
(4) The church of Antioch, the new Jerusalem of the Genti...
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_Some of them, at Antioch, spoke also to the Grecians: [1] by which
many understand, to the Gentiles, though in most Greek copies we read,
to the Hellenists. (Witham)_
[BIBLIOGRAPHY]
Ad Græcos, _Gre...
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THE GENTILE GOSPEL PREACHED IN PHOENICIA, CILICIA AND SYRIA BEFORE
PETER PREACHED IT AT THE HOUSE OF CORNELIUS
19-24. While the above is true, yet it was necessary for Peter,
responsive to his heavenl...
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Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose
about Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, and Cyprus, and Antioch,
preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only. (20) And so...
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We are now arrived at a turning-point in the history, not merely of
the church, but of the unfolding of the truth of God, and the
manifestation of His ways. The death of Stephen, therefore, has in
var...
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_THE SUBJECT OF ALL PREACHING_
‘And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, which, when they
were come to Antioch, spake unto the Grecians, preaching the Lord
Jesus.’
Acts 11:20
At the very beg...
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20.Luke doth at length declare that certain of them brought this
treasure even unto the Gentiles. And Luke calleth these Grecians not
Ελληνες, but Ελληνισται. Therefore, some say that
those came of th...
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Acts 11:19 begins the narration of the new order of things by which
the ministry of Paul is distinguished. Among those who were scattered
abroad on the occasion of Stephen's death, and who went as far...
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AND SOME OF THEM WERE MEN OF CYPRUS,.... That is, some of the
preachers, that were scattered abroad, were Jews born at Cyprus: such
was Barnabas particularly, Acts 4:36 though he was not among these,...
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And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, which, when they were
come to Antioch, spake unto the Grecians, preaching the Lord Jesus.
Ver. 20. _Spake unto the Grecians_] Not the Grecizing Jews, _...
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_Now they which were scattered abroad_ Luke here resumes the thread of
his narration in the very words wherewith he broke it off, chap. Acts
8:4; _travelled as far as Phenice_ To the _north; Cyprus_ T...
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CYRENE; a province and city in the north part of Africa.
GRECIANS; Jews speaking the Greek language. But another reading of the
original is GREEKS; that is, Gentile Greeks. This latter is to be
prefe...
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THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CONGREGATION AT ANTIOCH.
The founding of the congregation:...
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AND SOME OF THEM WERE MEN OF CYPRUS AND CYRENE, WHICH, WHEN THEY WERE
COME TO ANTIOCH, SPAKE UNTO THE GRECIANS, PREACHING THE LORD JESUS....
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News of Peter's carrying the gospel to Gentiles had preceded him to
Jerusalem. When he arrived there, therefore, he was faced by those who
were specially zealous of the law, and who spoke accusingly o...
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BUT SOME OF THEM WERE MEN FROM CYPRUS AND CYRENE, WHO, WHEN THEY HAD
COME TO ANTIOCH, SPOKE TO THE HELLENISTS, PREACHING THE LORD JESUS.
1. Yes, they did convert some who were not Hebrew speaking Jew...
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17 IF THEREFORE GOD GAVE THEM THE SAME GIFT AS _HE GAVE_ US WHEN WE
BELIEVED ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, WHO WAS I THAT I COULD WITHSTAND
GOD? "
1. What was similar to Pentecost?
1. Cornelius was...
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"But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they
were come to Antioch, spake unto the Greeks also, preaching the Lord
Jesus"Men of Cyprus and Cyrene" Cyrene was. city on the nort...
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19-24 The first preachers of the gospel at Antioch, were dispersed
from Jerusalem by persecution; thus what was meant to hurt the church,
was made to work for its good. The wrath of man is made to pr...
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MEN OF CYPRUS AND CYRENE; they were such as were born in Cyprus and
Cyrene, but had their habitation in Jerusalem, and now upon the
persecution there fled unto Antioch; which by this means in...
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Acts 11:20 But G1161 some G5100 of G1537 them G846 were G2258 (G5713)
men G435 Cyprus G2953 and...
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‘But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when
they were come to Antioch, spoke to the Greeks also, preaching the
Lord Jesus.'
But on their arrival in Syrian Antioch some of them wh...
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CONTINUED EXPANSION AND GOD'S NEW WORK AMONG THE GREEKS (11:19-26).
Meanwhile the work of God has been going on through many unnamed and
unsung heroes, and a number of those who had been scattered as...
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Acts 11:20. MEN OF CYPRUS. It would be reasonable to imagine that one
of them may have been Mnason, who in Acts 21:16 is spoken of as ‘an
old disciple.' We should have been sure, but for what follows,...
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SPAKE
(ελαλουν). Inchoative imperfect active, began to speak. For
them it was an experiment.UNTO THE GREEKS ALSO
(κα προς τους Hελληνας). This is undoubtedly the
correct reading in spite of Hellen...
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GRECIANS
Hellenists, that is, Grecian Jews....
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Acts 11:19
The Church at Antioch.
I. This church was established by lay agency.
II. It was a church established among the Gentiles. The text marks a
new epoch in the history of the kingdom of God Je...
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Acts 11:20
I. Notice the spontaneous impulse which these men obeyed. They find
themselves rejoicing in a great Saviour-Friend. They see all around
them men who need Him, and that is enough. They obey...
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CONTENTS: Peter vindicates his ministry to the Gentiles. Name
«Christians» first applied at Antioch.
CHARACTERS: Jesus, Spirit, Peter, angel, John, Stephen, Barnabas,
Saul, Agabus, Caesar.
CONCLUSIO...
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Acts 11:2. _They of the circumcision contended with him._ Those who
were zealous of the law, apprehending that Christ and his grace had
only been promised and confined to themselves, the call and conv...
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CYRENE. A Greek city in North Africa, which had a large Jewish
population. PROCLAIMED THE MESSAGE TO GENTILES ALSO. ["Greek" often
means "Gentile."] These _preachers_ were Jews who spoke the Greek
lan...
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_Now they which were scattered abroad … travelled as far as Phenice,
and Cyprus, and Antioch._
CHRISTIANITY AT ANTIOCH
I. Its entrance into antioch. Here (Acts 11:19) we discover--
1. Evil overrule...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 11:19 With the establishing of a church at Antioch
and its outreach to Gentiles, the focus in Acts 1:1 shifts from
Jerusalem to Antioch....
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 11:20 MEN OF CYPRUS AND CYRENE. Diaspora Jews,
natives of the nearby island of Cyprus and of the northern African
region of Cyrene. HELLENISTS here means Greek-speaking Gentiles. (Th...
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_CRITICAL REMARKS_
Acts 11:19. UPON THE PERSECUTION.—Or, _tribulation,_ ἀπὸ
πῆς θλίψεως: better, _from_ (as an effect of) _the
persecution,_ THAT AROSE ABOUT STEPHEN, ἐπὶ
Στεφάνῳ—_i.e., on account of,...
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EXPOSITION
ACTS 11:1
_Now_ for _and_, A.V.; _the_ _brethren _for brethren, A.V.; _also had_
for _had also_, A.V, We can imagine how rapidly the news of the great
revolution would travel to the metrop...
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And the apostles and brethren that were in Judea heard that the
Gentiles had also received the word of God. And when Peter was come
back to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision had a fight wi...
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1 Corinthians 1:23; 1 Corinthians 1:24; 1 Corinthians 2:2; Acts 13:1;...
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The Greeks (%Ellhnav). Some, however, read 'Ellhnistav, the Grecian
Jews. See on ch. Acts 6:1. The express object of the narrative has
been to describe the admission of Gentiles into the church. There...
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Some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene — Who were more
accustomed to converse with the Gentiles. Who coming into Antioch —
Then the capital of Syria, and, next to Rome and Alexandria, the most
con...