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Acts 11:20

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11:20 But there were some men from Cyprus 1  and Cyrene 2  among them who came 3  to Antioch 4  and began to speak to the Greeks 5  too, proclaiming the good news of the Lord Jesus.

Romans 16:21

Context

16:21 Timothy, my fellow worker, greets you; so do Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my compatriots. 6 

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[11:20]  1 sn Cyprus was a large island in the Mediterranean off the south coast of Asia Minor.

[11:20]  2 sn Cyrene was a city on the northern African coast west of Egypt.

[11:20]  3 tn Grk “among them, coming to Antioch began to speak.” The participle ἐλθόντες (elqonte") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[11:20]  4 sn Antioch was a city in Syria (not Antioch in Pisidia). See the note in 11:19.

[11:20]  5 sn 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 Gentiles was not unique.

[16:21]  6 tn Grk “kinsmen, relatives, fellow countrymen.”



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