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Acts 11:20

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But there were some men from Cyprus and Cyrene among them who came to Antioch and began to speak to the Greeks too, proclaiming the good news of the Lord Jesus.

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As they were going out, they found a man from Cyrene named Simon, whom they forced to carry his cross.

Then the Jewish leaders said to one another, “Where is he going to go that we cannot find him? He is not going to go to the Jewish people dispersed among the Greeks and teach the Greeks, is he?

Now those who had been scattered because of the persecution that took place over Stephen went as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the message to no one but Jews.

A report about them came to the attention of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch.

and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught a significant number of people. Now it was in Antioch that the disciples were first called Christians.

At that time some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.

Now there were these prophets and teachers in the church at Antioch: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen (a close friend of Herod the tetrarch from childhood) 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 elders, with the whole church, decided to send men chosen from among them, Judas called Barsabbas and Silas, leaders among the brothers, to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas.

They sent this letter with them: From the apostles and elders, your brothers, to the Gentile brothers and sisters in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia, greetings!

So when they were dismissed, they went down to Antioch, and after gathering the entire group together, they delivered the letter.

Also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him, and some were asking, “What does this foolish babbler want to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods.” (They said this because he was proclaiming the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.)

and when he arrived at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church at Jerusalem and then went down to Antioch.

Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene, and visitors from Rome,

So Joseph, a Levite who was a native of Cyprus, called by the apostles Barnabas (which is translated “son of encouragement”),

And every day both in the temple courts and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus was the Christ.

Now in those days, when the disciples were growing in number, a complaint arose on the part of the Greek-speaking Jews against the native Hebraic Jews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.

The proposal pleased the entire group, so they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, with Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas, a Gentile convert to Judaism from Antioch.

But some men from the Synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, as well as some from Cilicia and the province of Asia, stood up and argued with Stephen.

So Philip started speaking, and beginning with this scripture proclaimed the good news about Jesus to him.

Philip went down to the main city of Samaria and began proclaiming the Christ to them.

and immediately he began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, saying, “This man is the Son of God.”

He was speaking and debating with the Greek-speaking Jews, but they were trying to kill him.

For I decided to be concerned about nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he had clearly done wrong.

To me – less than the least of all the saints – this grace was given, to proclaim to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ




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