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Acts 11:20

Bible in Basic English 1965

But some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, when they came to Antioch, gave the good news about the Lord Jesus to the Greeks.

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And while they were coming out, they saw a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, and they made him go with them, so that he might take up his cross.

So the Jews said among themselves, To what place is he going where we will not see him? will he go to the Jews living among the Greeks and become the teacher of the Greeks?

Then those who had gone away at the time of the trouble about Stephen, went as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus, preaching to the Jews only.

And news of them came to the ears of the church at Jerusalem: and they sent Barnabas as far as Antioch:

And when he had come across him, he took him to Antioch. And they were with the church there for a year, teaching the people; and the disciples were first given the name of Christians in Antioch.

Now in those days prophets came from Jerusalem to Antioch.

Now there were at Antioch, in the church there, prophets and teachers, Barnabas, and Symeon who was named Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, a relation of Herod the king, and Saul.

And from there they went by ship to Antioch, where they had been handed over to the grace of God for the work which they had not done.

Then it seemed good to the Apostles and the rulers and all the church, to send men from among them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; Judas, named Barsabbas, and Silas, chief men among the brothers:

And they sent a letter by them, saying, The Apostles and the older brothers, to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, may joy be with you:

So they, being sent away, came down to Antioch, and having got the people together, they gave them the letter.

And some of those who were supporters of the theories of the Epicureans and the Stoics, had a meeting with him. And some said, What is this talker of foolish words saying? And others, He seems to be a preacher of strange gods: because he was preaching of Jesus and his coming back from the dead.

And when he had come to land at Caesarea, he went to see the church, and then went down to Antioch.

In Phrygia and Pamphylia, in Egypt and the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and those who have come from Rome, Jews by birth and others who have become Jews,

And Joseph, who was given by the Apostles the name of Barnabas the sense of which is, Son of comfort, a Levite and a man of Cyprus by birth,

And every day, in the Temple and privately, they went on teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ.

Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was increasing, protests were made by the Greek Jews against the Hebrews, because their widows were not taken care of in the distribution of food every day.

And this saying was pleasing to all of them: and they made selection of Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip and Prochorus and Nicanor and Timon and Parmenas and Nicolas of Antioch, who had become a Jew:

But some of those who were of the Synagogue named that of the Libertines, and some of the men of Cyrene and of Alexandria and those from Cilicia and Asia, had arguments with Stephen.

So Philip, starting from this writing, gave him the good news about Jesus.

And Philip went down to Samaria and was teaching them about Christ.

And straight away, in the Synagogues, he was preaching Jesus as the Son of God.

Preaching in the name of the Lord without fear; and he had discussions with the Greek Jews; but they were working for his death.

For I had made the decision to have knowledge of nothing among you but only of Jesus Christ on the cross.

But when Cephas came to Antioch, I made a protest against him to his face, because he was clearly in the wrong.

To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, was this grace given, so that I might make clear to the Gentiles the good news of the unending wealth of Christ:




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