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Acts 11:27

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In those days some prophets came down to Antioch from Jerusalem.

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In the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers. Among them were Barnabas, Simeon (also called Niger), Lucius from Cyrene, and Manaen, who’d been brought up with Herod, the ruler of Galilee. Saul was among them too.

God has placed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, guiding, and speaking in different kinds of languages.

So Christ himself has given apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers as gifts to the church.

Judas and Silas were prophets, and they said many things to encourage and strengthen the believers.

He said: “ ‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Holy Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, and your old men will have dreams.

I’m sending you prophets, wise people, and teachers. You’ll kill some of them by nailing them to a cross. You’ll whip others in your synagogues and chase them from town to town.

Prophets are able to control their own spirits.

He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.

We found some disciples there and stayed with them for seven days. Led by the Holy Spirit, they tried to keep Paul from going on to Jerusalem.

But God said in his wisdom, ‘I will send prophets and apostles to them; they will kill some and they will try to hurt others.’

This plan pleased everyone. They chose Stephen, a man who was full of faith and of the Holy Spirit. They also chose Philip, Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from Antioch, who was a convert to the Jewish faith.

But other believers from Cyprus and Cyrene went to Antioch and began to speak to Greeks also. They told them the good news about the Lord Jesus.

When the church in Jerusalem heard about this, they sent Barnabas to Antioch.

From Attalia they sailed back to Antioch, where they’d been placed in God’s care to do the work they’d now completed.

Then the apostles, elders, and the whole church decided to choose some of their own men and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas Barsabbas and Silas, who were leaders among the believers.

So the men went down to Antioch, gathered the church together there, and delivered the letter.

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

To another he gives the power to do miracles, or to prophesy, or to tell spirits apart, or to speak in different kinds of languages they hadn’t known before. And to still others he gives the ability to explain what was said in those languages.

But when Peter came to Antioch, I challenged him directly, because he was clearly wrong.




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