Acts 11:26

New Century Version

and when he found Saul, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year Saul and Barnabas met with the church and taught many people there. In Antioch the followers were called Christians for the first time.

Cross References

Isaiah 65:15

Your names will be like curses to my servants, and the Lord God will put you to death. But he will call his servants by another name.

Matthew 28:19

So go and make followers of all people in the world. Baptize them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

John 2:2

and Jesus and his followers were also invited to the wedding.

Acts 1:15

During this time there was a meeting of the believers (about one hundred twenty of them). Peter stood up and said,

Acts 11:20

Some of these believers were people from Cyprus and Cyrene. When they came to Antioch, they spoke also to Greeks, telling them the Good News about the Lord Jesus.

Acts 11:22

The church in Jerusalem heard about all of this, so they sent Barnabas to Antioch.

Acts 11:27

About that time some prophets came from Jerusalem to Antioch.

Acts 11:29

The followers all decided to help the believers who lived in Judea, as much as each one could.

Acts 14:20

But the followers gathered around him, 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

making the followers of Jesus stronger and helping them stay in the faith. They said, “We must suffer many things to enter God’s kingdom.”

Acts 14:23

They chose elders for each church, by praying and fasting for a certain time. These elders had trusted the Lord, so Paul and Barnabas put them in the Lord’s care.

Acts 14:27

When they arrived in Antioch, Paul and Barnabas gathered the church together. They told the church all about what God had done with them and how God had made it possible for those who were not Jewish to believe.

Acts 14:28

And they stayed there a long time with the followers.

Acts 18:27

Now Apollos wanted to go to the country of Southern Greece. So the believers helped him and wrote a letter to the followers there, asking them to accept him. These followers had believed in Jesus because of God’s grace, and when Apollos arrived, he helped them very much.

Acts 19:9

But some of them became stubborn. They refused to believe and said evil things about the Way of Jesus before all the people. So Paul left them, and taking the followers with him, he went to the school of a man named Tyrannus. There Paul talked with people every day

Acts 20:1

When the trouble stopped, Paul sent for the followers to come to him. After he encouraged them and then told them good-bye, he left and went to the country of Macedonia.

Acts 20:30

Also, some from your own group will rise up and twist the truth and will lead away followers after them.

Acts 21:4

We found some followers in Tyre and stayed with them for seven days. Through the Holy Spirit they warned Paul not to go to Jerusalem.

Acts 26:28

King Agrippa said to Paul, “Do you think you can persuade me to become a Christian in such a short time?”

Acts 6:1

The number of followers was growing. But during this same time, the Greek-speaking followers had an argument with the other followers. The Greek-speaking widows were not getting their share of the food that was given out 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), Philip, Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas (a man from Antioch who had become a follower of the Jewish religion).

Acts 9:19

After he ate some food, his strength returned. Saul stayed with the followers of Jesus in Damascus for a few days.

Acts 9:38

Since Lydda is near Joppa and the followers in Joppa heard that Peter was in Lydda, they sent two messengers to Peter. They begged him, “Hurry, please come to us!”

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 one thing, but it has many parts. Though there are many parts to a body, all those parts make only one body. Christ is like that also.

1 Corinthians 14:23

Suppose the whole church meets together and everyone speaks in different languages. If some people come in who do not understand or do not believe, they will say you are crazy.

1 Corinthians 4:17

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

Ephesians 3:15

from whom every family in heaven and on earth gets its true name.

James 2:7

And they are the ones who speak against Jesus, who owns you.

1 Peter 4:14

When people insult you because you follow Christ, you are blessed, because the glorious Spirit, the Spirit of God, is with you.

1 Peter 4:16

But if you suffer because you are a Christian, do not be ashamed. Praise God because you wear that name.

1 John 2:27

Christ gave you a special gift that is still in you, so you do not need any other teacher. His gift teaches you about everything, and it is true, not false. So continue to live in Christ, as his gift taught you.

Revelation 3:18

I advise you to buy from me gold made pure in fire so you can be truly rich. Buy from me white clothes so you can be clothed and so you can cover your shameful nakedness. Buy from me medicine to put on your eyes so you can truly see.