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Text -- Acts 11:22-30 (NET)
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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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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Barnabas |
Antioch |
ACTS OF THE APOSTLES, 8-12 |
ACTS OF THE APOSTLES, 13-OUTLINE |
GALATIANS, EPISTLE TO THE |
MINISTRY |
PAUL, THE APOSTLE, 5 |
Paul |
Christian |
LUKE, THE EVANGELIST |
Claudius |
Church |
Agabus |
Zeal |
Famine |
Tarsus |
Faith |
Poor |
PEOPLE |
ALMS |
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NET Notes -> 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
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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