Acts 11:26

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When he found Saul, Barnabas brought him to Antioch. Saul and Barnabas stayed there a whole year. Every time the group of believers came together, Saul and Barnabas met with them and taught many people. In Antioch the followers \{of Jesus\} were called “Christians” for the first time.

Cross References

Isaiah 65:15

Your names will be like bad words\par to my servants.”\par

Matthew 28:19

So go and make followers of all people in the world. Baptize {\cf2\super [444]} them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. {\cf2\super [445]}

John 2:2

Jesus and his followers were also invited to the wedding.

Acts 1:15

After a few days there was a meeting of the believers. (There were about 120 of them.) Peter stood up and said,

Acts 11:20

Some of these believers were men from Cyprus and Cyrene. When these men came to Antioch, they also spoke to Greeks (non-Jews). They told these Greek people the Good News about the Lord Jesus.

Acts 11:22

The church (group of believers) in Jerusalem heard about these new believers \{in Antioch\}. So the believers in Jerusalem sent Barnabas to Antioch.

Acts 11:27

About that same time some prophets {\cf2\super [229]} went from Jerusalem to Antioch.

Acts 11:29

The believers decided that they would all try to help their brothers and sisters who lived in Judea. Each believer planned to send them as much as he could.

Acts 14:20

The followers \{of Jesus\} gathered around Paul and he got up and went back into the town. The next day, he and Barnabas left and went to the city of Derbe.

Acts 14:22

In those cities Paul and Barnabas made the followers \{of Jesus\} stronger. They helped them to stay in the faith. Paul and Barnabas said, “We must suffer many things on our way into God’s kingdom.”

Acts 14:23

Paul and Barnabas chose elders {\cf2\super [292]} for each church (group of believers). They fasted {\cf2\super [293]} and prayed for these elders. These elders were men who had trusted the Lord \{Jesus\}. So Paul and Barnabas put them in the Lord’s care.

Acts 14:27

When Paul and Barnabas arrived, they gathered the church (group of believers) together. Paul and Barnabas told them about all the things God had done with them. They said, “God opened a door so that the people of other nations (non-Jews) could also believe!”

Acts 14:28

Paul and Barnabas stayed there a long time with the followers \{of Christ {\cf2\super [295]} \}.

Acts 18:27

Apollos wanted to go to the country of Achaia. So the brothers \{in Ephesus\} helped him. They wrote a letter to the followers \{of Jesus in Achaia\}. In the letter they asked these followers to accept Apollos. These followers \{in Achaia\} had believed in Jesus because of God’s grace (kindness). When Apollos went there, he helped them very much.

Acts 19:9

But some of the Jews became stubborn. They refused to believe. These Jews said some very bad things about the Way \{of Jesus\}. All the people heard these things. So Paul left those Jews and took the followers \{of Jesus\} with him. Paul went to a place where a man named Tyrannus had a school. There Paul talked with people every day.

Acts 20:1

When the trouble stopped, Paul invited the followers \{of Jesus\} to come visit him. He said things to comfort them and then told them good-bye. Paul left and went to the country of Macedonia.

Acts 20:30

Also, men from your own group will become bad leaders. They will begin to teach things that are wrong. They will lead some followers \{of Jesus\} away from the truth.

Acts 21:4

We found some followers \{of Jesus\} in Tyre, and we stayed with them for seven days. They warned Paul not to go to Jerusalem because of what the Holy Spirit {\cf2\super [413]} had told them.

Acts 26:28

King Agrippa {\cf2\super [502]} said to Paul, “Do you think you can persuade me to become a Christian so easily?”

Acts 6:1

More and more people were becoming followers of Jesus. But during this same time, the Greek-speaking followers had an argument with the other Jewish followers. They said that their widows {\cf2\super [107]} were not getting their share of the things that the followers received every day.

Acts 6:5

The whole group liked the idea. So they chose these seven men: Stephen (a man with great faith and full of the Holy Spirit {\cf2\super [110]}), Philip, {\cf2\super [111]} Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus (a man from Antioch, who had become a Jew).

Acts 9:19

Then he ate some food and began to feel strong again.

Acts 9:38

The followers in Joppa heard that Peter was in Lydda. (Lydda is near Joppa.) So they sent two men to Peter. They begged him, “Hurry, please come quickly!”

1 Corinthians 11:18

First, I hear that when you meet together as a church you are divided. And I believe some of this.

1 Corinthians 12:12

A person’s body is only one thing, but it has many parts. Yes, there are many parts to a body, but all those parts make only one body. Christ is like that too:

1 Corinthians 14:23

Suppose the whole church meets together and you all speak in \{different\} languages. If some people come in that are without understanding or don’t believe, then those people will say you are crazy.

1 Corinthians 4:17

That is why I am sending Timothy to you. He is my son in the Lord. I love Timothy, and he is faithful. He will help you remember the way I live in Christ Jesus. That way of life is what I teach in all the churches everywhere.

Ephesians 3:15

Every family in heaven and on earth gets its true name from him.

James 2:7

And the rich people are the people who say bad things against the good name of the One (Jesus) who owns you.

1 Peter 4:14

When people say bad things to you because you follow Christ, then you are blessed (happy). You are blessed because the Spirit {\cf2\super [28]} of glory is with you. That is the Spirit of God.

1 Peter 4:16

But if you suffer because you are a Christian, then don’t be ashamed. You should praise (thank) God for that name (Christian).

1 John 2:27

Christ gave you a special gift. {\cf2\super [8]} You still have this gift in you. So you don’t need any person to teach you. The gift he gave you teaches you about everything. This gift is true. It is not false. So continue to live in Christ, like his gift taught you.

Revelation 3:18

I advise you to buy gold from me—gold made pure in fire. Then you can be truly rich. I tell you this: Buy clothes that are white. Then you can cover your shameful nakedness. I also tell you to buy medicine to put on your eyes. Then you can truly see.