Acts 11:19-21
Worldwide English (New Testament)
19 Some of the people had gone to other countries because of the big trouble when Stephen was killed. They went as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch. They told God's word to the Jews only.
20 Some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene. They went to Antioch. They also spoke to those who were not Jews, and they told them about the Lord Jesus.
21 The Lord was with them. Many believed and turned to the Lord.
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Acts 11:19-21
1599 Geneva Bible
19 ¶ [a]And they which were (A)scattered abroad because of the affliction that arose about Stephen, went throughout till they came unto Phonicia and Cyprus, and [b]Antioch, preaching the word to no man, but unto the Jews only.
20 [c]Now some of them were men of Cyprus and of Cyrene, which when they were come into Antioch, spake unto the Grecians, and preached the Lord Jesus.
21 And the hand of the Lord was with them, so that a great number believed and turned unto the Lord.
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- Acts 11:19 The scattering abroad of the Church of Jerusalem is the cause of the gathering together of many other Churches.
- Acts 11:19 He speaketh of Antioch which was in Syria and bordered upon Cilicia.
- Acts 11:20 The Church of Antioch, the new Jerusalem of the Gentiles was extraordinarily called.
Acts 11:19-21
New International Version
The Church in Antioch
19 Now those who had been scattered by the persecution that broke out when Stephen was killed(A) traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus and Antioch,(B) spreading the word only among Jews. 20 Some of them, however, men from Cyprus(C) and Cyrene,(D) went to Antioch(E) and began to speak to Greeks also, telling them the good news(F) about the Lord Jesus. 21 The Lord’s hand was with them,(G) and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.(H)
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