And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.And the disciples were first called Christians at Antioch — Here it was that they first received this standing appellation. They were before termed Nazarenes and Galileans. read more
PART SECOND. THE CHURCH IN TRANSITION FROM JEWS TO GENTILES, Acts 8:5 to Acts 12:25. Through this Second Part of his history Luke traces in perfectly regular progress the successive steps by which Christianity emerges from her Jewish trammels into a free and universal Church. The Samaritans are first evangelized, and the eunuch is the first apostle to Africa. The Gentile apostle is next converted and put in preparation for his work. Peter, emerging from Jerusalem, is taught by the case of... read more
26. Whole year… assembled… much people For one year these two apostolic men perform heroic work in this great metropolis with a success that tells upon its future history. We doubt not they assembled weekly, upon the Lord’s day; for the earliest ecclesiastical history finds Sunday the sacred day at Antioch, and it is utterly improbable that any alteration took place of the day then first by the apostles established. John Malela, an historian of Antioch, (says Mr. Lewin,) in the sixth... read more
5. Antioch sends a Relief Deputation to Jerusalem, Acts 11:27-30 . 27. Prophets A term which designates any utterer of inspired ideas, whether moral, spiritual, or predictive. In the present case there was prediction. From Jerusalem The primal mother was still eminent in piety, doctrine, and spiritual gifts. read more
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Acts 11:27
prophets: Acts 2:17, Acts 13:1, Acts 15:32, Acts 21:4, Acts 21:9, Matthew 23:34, 1 Corinthians 12:28, 1 Corinthians 14:32, Ephesians 4:11 Reciprocal: Romans 12:6 - whether Romans 15:26 - it read more