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Acts 11:26

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11:26and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch.63 So64 for a whole year Barnabas and Saul65 met with the church and taught a significant number of people.66 Now it was in Antioch67 that the disciples were first called Christians.68

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  1. 63 Antioch was a city in Syria (not Antioch in Pisidia). See the note in .
  2. 64 Grk “So it happened that” The introductory phrase ἐγένετο (egeneto, “it happened that”), common in Luke (69 times) and Acts (54 times), is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.
  3. 65 Grk “year they”; the referents (Barnabas and Saul) have been specified in the translation for clarity.
  4. 66 Grk “a significant crowd.”
  5. 67 Antioch was a city in Syria (not Antioch in Pisidia). See the note in .
  6. 68 The term Christians appears only here, in Acts 26:28, and 1 Pet 4:16 in the NT.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and taught a great many people. And in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught great numbers of people. The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

and when he found him he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and taught large numbers. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.

NLTNew Living Translation

When he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. Both of them stayed there with the church for a full year, teaching large crowds of people. (It was at Antioch that the believers were first called Christians.)

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. And it happened to them also that they met together for a whole year with the church and taught a large number of people. And in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.