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Acts 11:27

James Moffatt - New Testament

During these days some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch,

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Now in the local church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers, Barnabas, Symeon (called Niger) and Lucius the Cyrenian, besides Manaen (a foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch) and Saul.

That is to say, God has set people within the church to be first of all apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, then workers of miracles, then healers, helpers, administrators, and speakers in 'tongues' of various kinds.

he granted some men to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, some to shepherd and teach,

and as Judas and Silas were themselves prophets, they encouraged and strengthened the brothers with many a counsel.

In the last days, saith God, then will I pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, your sons and daughters shall prophesy, your young men shall see visions, your old men shall dream dreams:

This is why I will send you prophets, wise men, and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, some of whom you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town;

Prophets can control their own prophetic spirits,

and had four unmarried daughters who prophesied). We stayed with him.

We found out the local disciples and stayed there for seven days. These disciples told Paul by the Spirit not to set foot in Jerusalem;

This is why the Wisdom of God said, 'I will send them prophets and apostles, some they will kill and some they will persecute';

This plan commended itself to the whole body, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the holy Spirit, Philip, Prochorus, Nikanor, Timon, Parmenas and Nikolaos a proselyte from Antioch;

Some of them, however, were Cypriotes and Cyrenians, who on reaching Antioch told the Greeks also the gospel of the Lord Jesus;

The news of this reached the church in Jerusalem, and they despatched Barnabas to Antioch.

thence they sailed for Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had now completed.

Then the apostles and the presbyters, together with the whole church, decided to select some of their number and send them with Paul and Barnabas to Antioch. The men selected were Judas (called Bar-Sabbas) and Silas, prominent members of the brotherhood.

When the messengers were despatched, they went down to Antioch and after gathering the whole body they handed them the letter.

he reached Caesarea, went up to the capital to salute the church, and travelled down to Antioch.

one has prophecy, another the gift of distinguishing spirits, another the gift of 'tongues' in their variety, another the gift of interpreting 'tongues.'

But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face. The man stood self-condemned.




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