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Text -- Acts 11:19-30 (NET)
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Activity in the Church at Antioch
11:19 Now those who had been scattered because of the persecution that took place over Stephen went as far as Phoenicia , Cyprus , and Antioch , speaking the message to no one but Jews .
11:20 But there were some men from Cyprus and Cyrene among them who came to Antioch and began to speak to the Greeks too, proclaiming the good news of the Lord Jesus .
11:21 The hand of the Lord was with them , and a great number who believed turned to the Lord .
11:22 A report about them came to the attention of the church in Jerusalem , and they sent Barnabas to Antioch .
11:23 When he came and saw the grace of God , he rejoiced and encouraged them all to remain true to the Lord with devoted hearts ,
11:24 because he was a good man , full of the Holy Spirit and of faith , and a significant number of people were brought to the Lord .
11:25 Then Barnabas departed for Tarsus to look for Saul ,
11:26 and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch . So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught a significant number of people . Now it was in Antioch that the disciples were first called Christians .
Famine Relief for Judea
11:27 At that time some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch .
11:28 One of them , named Agabus , got up and predicted by the Spirit that a severe famine was about to come over the whole inhabited world . (This took place during the reign of Claudius .)
11:29 So the disciples , each in accordance with his financial ability , decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea .
11:30 They did so, sending their financial aid to the elders by Barnabas and Saul .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Antioch |
Barnabas |
ACTS OF THE APOSTLES, 8-12 |
GALATIANS, EPISTLE TO THE |
MINISTRY |
ACTS OF THE APOSTLES, 13-OUTLINE |
PAUL, THE APOSTLE, 5 |
LUKE, THE EVANGELIST |
Paul |
Christian |
Zeal |
Church |
Cyrene |
Agabus |
Claudius |
Faith |
Cyprus |
Tarsus |
Jerusalem |
Famine |
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NET Notes -> Act 11:19; Act 11:19; Act 11:19; Act 11:19; Act 11:19; Act 11:19; Act 11:19; Act 11:19; Act 11:20; Act 11:20; Act 11:20; Act 11:20; Act 11:20; Act 11:21; Act 11:21; Act 11:21; Act 11:22; Act 11:22; Act 11:22; Act 11:22; Act 11:22; Act 11:23; Act 11:23; Act 11:23; Act 11:23; Act 11:24; Act 11:26; Act 11:26; Act 11:26; Act 11:26; Act 11:26; Act 11:26; Act 11:27; Act 11:27; Act 11:27; Act 11:27; Act 11:27; Act 11:27; Act 11:27; Act 11:28; Act 11:28; Act 11:28; Act 11:28; Act 11:28; Act 11:28; Act 11:28; Act 11:29; Act 11:29; Act 11:29; Act 11:29; Act 11:30; Act 11:30
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NET Notes: Act 11:20 The statement that some men from Cyprus and Cyrene…began to speak to the Greeks shows that Peter’s experience of reaching out to the Genti...
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NET Notes: Act 11:22 Antioch was a city in Syria (not Antioch in Pisidia). See the note in 11:19. Again the Jerusalem church exercised an oversight role.
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NET Notes: Act 11:23 Grk “with purpose of heart”; BDAG 869 s.v. πρόθεσις 2.a translates this phrase “purpose of h...
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NET Notes: Act 11:26 The term Christians appears only here, in Acts 26:28, and 1 Pet 4:16 in the NT.
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NET Notes: Act 11:28 This is best taken as a parenthetical note by the author. Claudius was the Roman emperor Tiberius Claudius Nero Germanicus, known as Claudius, who rul...
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NET Notes: Act 11:29 The financial relief reflects the oneness of the church, meeting the needs of another (even racially distinct) community. Jerusalem, having ministered...
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