This is why I am sending you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town.
Acts 11:27 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised In those days some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And during these days prophets (inspired teachers and interpreters of the divine will and purpose) came down from Jerusalem to Antioch. American Standard Version (1901) Now in these days there came down prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch. Common English Bible About that time, some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch. Catholic Public Domain Version Now in these days, prophets from Jerusalem went over to Antioch. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And in these days there came prophets from Jerusalem to Antioch: |
This is why I am sending you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town.
Because of this, the wisdom of God said, “I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and persecute,”
But there were some of them, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, who came to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks also, proclaiming the good news about the Lord Jesus.
News about them reached the church in Jerusalem, and they sent out Barnabas to travel as far as Antioch.
Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen, a close friend of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
From there they sailed back to Antioch where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had now completed.
Then the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, decided to select men who were among them and to send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas: Judas, called Barsabbas, and Silas, both leading men among the brothers.
So they were sent off and went down to Antioch, and after gathering the assembly, they delivered the letter.
Both Judas and Silas, who were also prophets themselves, encouraged the brothers and sisters and strengthened them with a long message.
On landing at Caesarea, he went up to Jerusalem and greeted the church, then went down to Antioch.
And it will be in the last days, says God, that I will pour out my Spirit on all people; then your sons and your daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams.
We sought out the disciples and stayed there for seven days. Through the Spirit they told Paul not to go to Jerusalem.
This proposal pleased the whole company. So they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a convert from Antioch.
to another, the performing of miracles; to another, prophecy; to another, distinguishing between spirits; to another, different kinds of tongues; to another, interpretation of tongues.
And God has appointed these in the church: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, next miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, leading, various kinds of tongues.
But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.
And he himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers,