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The Church in Antioch and the Teaching of Saul
After the persecution, the gospel spreads to the Gentiles in Antioch, where a large number turn to God. The church in Jerusalem sends Barnabas, who brings Saul from Tarsus. They teach together for a whole year, and it is here that the disciples are first called Christians.
Apostolien teot 11,19-26
19Now those who had been scattered by the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except Jews.
Οἱ μὲν οὖν διασπαρέντες ἀπὸ τῆς θλίψεως τῆς γενομένης ἐπὶ Στεφάνῳ διῆλθον ἕως Φοινίκης καὶ Κύπρου καὶ Ἀντιοχείας μηδενὶ λαλοῦντες τὸν λόγον εἰ μὴ μόνον Ἰουδαίοις.
20But some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, came to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks as well, proclaiming the good news of the Lord Jesus.^f
ἦσαν δέ τινες ἐξ αὐτῶν ἄνδρες Κύπριοι καὶ Κυρηναῖοι, οἵτινες ⸀ἐλθόντες εἰς Ἀντιόχειαν ἐλάλουν ⸀καὶ πρὸς τοὺς ⸀Ἑλληνιστάς, εὐαγγελιζόμενοι τὸν κύριον Ἰησοῦν.
21The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number believed and turned to the Lord.
καὶ ἦν χεὶρ κυρίου μετʼ αὐτῶν, πολύς τε ἀριθμὸς ⸀ὁ πιστεύσας ἐπέστρεψεν ἐπὶ τὸν κύριον.
22News of them reached the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas off to Antioch.
ἠκούσθη δὲ ὁ λόγος εἰς τὰ ὦτα τῆς ἐκκλησίας τῆς ⸀οὔσης ἐν ⸀Ἰερουσαλὴμ περὶ αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐξαπέστειλαν ⸀Βαρναβᾶν ἕως Ἀντιοχείας·
23When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced, and he encouraged them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast hearts,
ὃς παραγενόμενος καὶ ἰδὼν τὴν χάριν ⸀τὴν τοῦ θεοῦ, ἐχάρη καὶ παρεκάλει πάντας τῇ προθέσει τῆς καρδίας ⸀προσμένειν τῷ κυρίῳ,
24for he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a large number of people were added to the Lord.
ὅτι ἦν ἀνὴρ ἀγαθὸς καὶ πλήρης πνεύματος ἁγίου καὶ πίστεως. καὶ προσετέθη ὄχλος ἱκανὸς τῷ κυρίῳ.
25Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul,
ἐξῆλθεν δὲ εἰς ⸀Ταρσὸν ἀναζητῆσαι Σαῦλον,
26and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and taught a great many people. It was in Antioch that the disciples were first called Christians.
καὶ εὑρὼν ⸀ἤγαγεν εἰς Ἀντιόχειαν. ἐγένετο δὲ ⸂αὐτοῖς καὶ⸃ ἐνιαυτὸν ὅλον συναχθῆναι ⸀ἐν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ καὶ διδάξαι ὄχλον ἱκανόν, χρηματίσαι τε ⸀πρώτως ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ τοὺς μαθητὰς Χριστιανούς.