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ACTS 11:25-26
Codex Bezae, supported in part by other Western witnesses, reads
avkou,saj de. o[ti Sau/lo,j evstin eivj Qarso.n evxh/lqen avnazhtw/n
auvto,n( kai. w`j suntucw.n pareka,lesen evlqei/n e...
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ACTS 11:26 kai. evniauto.n o[lon
The presence of kai, before evniauto.n o[lon, “even for a whole
year” (î74 a A B 33 614 syrh), is unusual, and it is not strange
that the later text has omitted it...
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Verse Acts 11:26. _HE BROUGHT HIM UNTO ANTIOCH_] As this city was the
metropolis of Syria, and the third city for importance in the whole
Roman empire, Rome and Alexandria alone being more eminent, B...
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THAT A WHOLE YEAR - Antioch was a city exceedingly important in its
numbers, wealth, and influence. It was for this reason, probably, that
they spent so long a time there, instead of traveling in othe...
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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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News of this and of what they were doing came to the ears of the
church in Jerusalem. So they sent Barnabas out as far as Antioch. When
he came and saw the grace of God he was glad and he exhorted the...
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PETER ON HIS DEFENCE (Acts 11:1-10)...
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WHEN HE HAD. having.
IT CAME TO PASS. The three clauses which follow are all dependent on
"it came to pass".
AND. And that.
CALLED. Greek. _chrematizo._ This word occurs nine times. See note on
Luke...
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_a whole year_ This long period, spent with success in the first field
where the preaching to the Gentiles had begun, will account for the
constant return to Antioch after each missionary journey of t...
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ΚΑῚ ΕὙΡῺΝ ἬΓΑΓΕΝ ΕἸΣ, with אAB. The first
αὐτὸν is also omitted in E. _Vulg_. has ‘quem cum invenisset,
perduxit Antiochiam,’ which supports the omission of the second
αὐτόν.
26. ἘΝΙΑΥΤῸΝ ὍΛΟΝ, _a who...
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FURTHER SPREAD OF THE GOSPEL AS FAR AS ANTIOCH...
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_BARNABAS WAS SENT BY THE CHURCH TO ANTIOCH ACTS 11:22-26:_ The news
of what was happening in Antioch reached the church in Jerusalem.
Barnabas was sent by the Jerusalem church to look into the work a...
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WHEN HE HAD FOUND HIM, HE BROUGHT HIM UNTO ANTIOCH.— Barnabas might
go in quest of Paul, from a persuasion, that, as he was by his country
a Greek, though by descent _an Hebrew of the Hebrews;_ that i...
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THE EARLY LABORS OF BARNABAS AND SAUL.
Acts 11:22, Acts 12:25
1.
IN JERUSALEM. Acts 11:22.
Acts 11:22
And the report concerni
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26. The united efforts of two such men as Barnabas and Saul, in a
community where the gospel was already favorably heard, could not fail
of good results. (26) "_And it came to pass, that during a whol...
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And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came
to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church,
and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christi...
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26 The name "Christian" is Latin in its termination, so seems to have
been given by the Romans. It is mentioned only twice more (Act_26:28;
1Pe_4:16), and was a term of contempt. It is never used by t...
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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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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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CHRISTIANS] The giving of this name marked the recognition of the fact
that 'the Way' was something more than a new Jewish sect. The
inclusion of numerous Gentiles within the Church, and that without...
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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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THE DISCIPLES WERE CALLED CHRISTIANS FIRST IN ANTIOCH. — The term
for “were called” is not the word usually so rendered. Better,
perhaps, _got the name of Christians._ The Emperor Julian (_Misopog.,_...
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CHAPTER 7
THE HARVEST OF THE GENTILES.
Acts 11:26
THE eleventh chapter of the Acts is clearly divisible into two
portions. There is first the narrative of St. Peter's reception at
Jerusalem after th...
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Further spread of the Gosael to Antioch....
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ἐγένετο δὲ αὐτοὺς, see critical notes, if dative
αὐτοῖς = _accidit eis_, see Plummer, _St. Luke_, p. 45, on the
use of ἐγένετο. ἐνιαυτὸν ὅλον : “even a whole
year” R.V. συναχθῆναι ἐν τῇ ἐκκλ.: “they
w...
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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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At Antioch the disciples were first named Christians, when St. Paul
and St. Barnabas were preaching there. Before that, they were called
the disciples of Jesus, and sometimes Nazarenes, (see Acts xxiv...
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DISCIPLES AND CHRISTIANS
26. _“And it came to pass unto them indeed that they were assembled
a whole year in the church and taught a great crowd, and that they
first called the disciples Christians in...
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Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul: (26) And when he
had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that
a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and t...
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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 NAME ‘CHRISTIAN’_
‘And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.’
Acts 11:26
This is an interesting fact for all of us, since, whatever our
differences, we are all proud of the na...
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26.He addeth afterward, that such a holy concord was blessed from
heaven; for this was no small honor that the holy name of Christians
began there for all the whole world. Though the apostles had been...
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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 WHEN HE HAD FOUND HIM, HE BROUGHT HIM TO ANTIOCH,.... That he
might be useful in directing, and assisting in settling this new and
numerous church; in the establishing the members of it, and in pu...
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And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to
pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and
taught much people. And the disciples were called Christia...
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_Then departed Barnabas_ Namely, after some abode at Antioch,
perceiving, probably, that he wanted an assistant in his labours; _to
Tarsus, to seek Saul_ Whose departure thither was mentioned, chap.
A...
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ASSEMBLED THEMSELVES; for public worship.
WITH THE CHURCH; the disciples of Christ....
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AND WHEN HE HAD FOUND HIM, HE BROUGHT HIM UNTO ANTIOCH. AND IT CAME TO
PASS THAT A WHOLE YEAR THEY ASSEMBLED THEMSELVES WITH THE CHURCH, AND
TAUGHT MUCH PEOPLE. AND THE DISCIPLES WERE CALLED CHRISTIAN...
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Barnabas in Antioch and Tarsus:...
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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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:!7
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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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
A...
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WITH THE CHURCH:
Or, in the Church...
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"and when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came
to pass, that even for. whole year they were gathered together with
the church, and taught much people, and that the disciples were...
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25-30 Hitherto the followers of Christ were called disciples, that
is, learners, scholars; but from that time they were called
Christians. The proper meaning of this name is, a follower of Christ;
it...
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A WHOLE YEAR THEY ASSEMBLED THEMSELVES: frequency of meeting to
partake of the ordinances of God, is the great reason why the gospel
was so prevalent in this place. THE DISCIPLES WERE CALLED CHRISTIAN...
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26. The united efforts of two such men as Barnabas and Saul, in a
community where the gospel was already favorably heard, could not fail
of good results. (26) "_ And it came to pass, that during a who...
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Epistle of Ignatius to the Magnesians
This was first fulfilled in Syria; for "the disciples were called
Christians at Antioch,"[69]
Epistle of Ignatius to the Antiochians
[1]
Theophilus to Autolyc...
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Acts 11:26 And G2532 found G2147 (G5631) him G846 brought G71 (G5627)
him G846 to G1519 Antioch...
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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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‘And he went forth to Tarsus to seek for Saul, and when he had found
him, he brought him to Antioch. And it came about that even for a
whole year they were gathered together with the church, and taugh...
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Acts 11:26. WHEN HE HAD FOUND HIM. This, coupled with the strong
expression used above concerning the ‘searching for' Saul, seems to
imply that he was not actually in Tarsus when Barnabas arrived ther...
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EVEN FOR A WHOLE YEAR
(κα ενιαυτον ολον). Accusative of extent of time,
probably the year A.D. 44, the year preceding the visit to Jerusalem
(Acts 11:30), the year of the famine. The preceding year...
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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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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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TO LOOK FOR SAUL. _Compare note on_ Acts 9:30. Paul is thought to have
come to Antioch in 43 A.D. [by the corrected calendar]. An "apostle"
was needed at Antioch to "pass on" spiritual gifts and bring...
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_Then tidings of these things came to the ears of the Church,…and
they sent forth Barnabas._
A ST. BARNABAS THE NEED OF THE HOUR
You know the strain and the stress of the situation recorded in my
tex...
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_Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus for to seek Saul._
SAUL BROUGHT TO ANTIOCH; BURIED TALENT CALLED FORTH TO ITS APPROPRIATE
FIELD OF LABOUR
How Saul had been employed all this time (Acts 9:30) we hav...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 11:25 Paul had gone to TARSUS after his conversion
(Acts 9:30). As a Diaspora Jew, he was particularly suited for the
Gentile outreach. The fact that...
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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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_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 11:18; 1 Corinthians 12:12; 1 Corinthians 14:23; 1
Corinthians 4:17;...
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Were called Christians [χ ρ η μ α τ ι σ α ι χ ρ ι σ τ
ι α ν ο υ ς]. The former of these two words, rendered were
called, meant, originally, to transact business, to have dealings
with; thence, in the...
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And the disciples were first called Christians at Antioch — Here it
was that they first received this standing appellation. They were
before termed Nazarenes and Galileans....