Acts 11:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, when they came to Antioch, gave the good news about the Lord Jesus to the Greeks.

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  • Matt 27:32 : 32 And while they were coming out, they saw a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, and they made him go with them, so that he might take up his cross.
  • Acts 13:1 : 1 Now there were at Antioch, in the church there, prophets and teachers, Barnabas, and Symeon who was named Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, a relation of Herod the king, and Saul.
  • Acts 2:10 : 10 In Phrygia and Pamphylia, in Egypt and the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and those who have come from Rome, Jews by birth and others who have become Jews,
  • Acts 6:9 : 9 But some of those who were of the Synagogue named that of the Libertines, and some of the men of Cyrene and of Alexandria and those from Cilicia and Asia, had arguments with Stephen.
  • Acts 8:5 : 5 And Philip went down to Samaria and was teaching them about Christ.
  • Acts 8:35 : 35 So Philip, starting from this writing, gave him the good news about Jesus.
  • Acts 9:20 : 20 And straight away, in the Synagogues, he was preaching Jesus as the Son of God.
  • Acts 9:29 : 29 Preaching in the name of the Lord without fear; and he had discussions with the Greek Jews; but they were working for his death.
  • Acts 4:36 : 36 And Joseph, who was given by the Apostles the name of Barnabas (the sense of which is, Son of comfort), a Levite and a man of Cyprus by birth,
  • Acts 5:42-6:1 : 42 And every day, in the Temple and privately, they went on teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ. 1 Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was increasing, protests were made by the Greek Jews against the Hebrews, because their widows were not taken care of in the distribution of food every day.
  • John 7:35 : 35 So the Jews said among themselves, To what place is he going where we will not see him? will he go to the Jews living among the Greeks and become the teacher of the Greeks?
  • Acts 17:18 : 18 And some of those who were supporters of the theories of the Epicureans and the Stoics, had a meeting with him. And some said, What is this talker of foolish words saying? And others, He seems to be a preacher of strange gods: because he was preaching of Jesus and his coming back from the dead.
  • 1 Cor 1:23-24 : 23 But we give the good news of Christ on the cross, a hard thing to the Jews, and a foolish thing to the Gentiles; 24 But to those of God's selection, Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power and the wisdom of God.
  • 1 Cor 2:2 : 2 For I had made the decision to have knowledge of nothing among you but only of Jesus Christ on the cross.
  • Eph 3:8 : 8 To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, was this grace given, so that I might make clear to the Gentiles the good news of the unending wealth of Christ:

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  • Acts 11:19
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    19 Then those who had gone away at the time of the trouble about Stephen, went as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus, preaching to the Jews only.

  • Acts 11:21-23
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    21 And the power of the Lord was with them, and a great number had faith and were turned to the Lord.

    22 And news of them came to the ears of the church at Jerusalem: and they sent Barnabas as far as Antioch:

    23 Who, when he came and saw the grace of God, was glad; and he made clear to them the need of keeping near the Lord with all the strength of their hearts:

  • Acts 2:9-11
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    9 Men of Parthia, Media, and Elam, and those living in Mesopotamia, in Judaea and Cappadocia, in Pontus and Asia,

    10 In Phrygia and Pamphylia, in Egypt and the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and those who have come from Rome, Jews by birth and others who have become Jews,

    11 Men of Crete and Arabia, to all of us they are talking in our different languages, of the great works of God.

  • Acts 13:4-5
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    4 So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia; and from there they went by ship to Cyprus.

    5 And at Salamis they were preaching the word of God in the Synagogues of the Jews: and John was with them, helping them.

  • Acts 11:26-27
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    26 And when he had come across him, he took him to Antioch. And they were with the church there for a year, teaching the people; and the disciples were first given the name of Christians in Antioch.

    27 Now in those days prophets came from Jerusalem to Antioch.

  • Acts 14:21
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    21 And having made a number of disciples through the preaching of the good news in that town, they went back to Lystra and Iconium and Antioch,

  • Acts 14:6-7
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    6 Having got news of it, they went in flight to the towns of Lycaonia, Lystra, and Derbe, and the country round about:

    7 And went on preaching the good news there.

  • Acts 13:1
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    1 Now there were at Antioch, in the church there, prophets and teachers, Barnabas, and Symeon who was named Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, a relation of Herod the king, and Saul.

  • Acts 14:25-27
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    25 And, after preaching the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia;

    26 And from there they went by ship to Antioch, where they had been handed over to the grace of God for the work which they had not done.

    27 And when they came there, and had got the church together, they gave them an account of all the things which God had done through them, and how he had made open a door of faith to the Gentiles.

  • Acts 15:3-4
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    3 So they, being sent on their way by the church, went through Phoenicia and Samaria, giving news of the salvation of the Gentiles, to the great joy of all the brothers.

    4 And when they came to Jerusalem, they had a meeting with the church and the Apostles and the rulers, and they gave an account of all the things which God had done through them.

  • John 12:20
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    20 Now there were some Greeks among the people who had come up to give worship at the feast:

  • Acts 14:1
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    1 Now in Iconium they went together to the Synagogue of the Jews and gave such teaching that a great number of Jews and Greeks had faith.

  • Acts 8:4-5
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    4 But those who had gone in flight went everywhere preaching the word.

    5 And Philip went down to Samaria and was teaching them about Christ.

  • Acts 6:9
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    9 But some of those who were of the Synagogue named that of the Libertines, and some of the men of Cyrene and of Alexandria and those from Cilicia and Asia, had arguments with Stephen.

  • Acts 11:1
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    1 Now the Apostles and the brothers who were in Judaea had news that the word of God had been given to the Gentiles.

  • Acts 15:35
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    35 But Paul and Barnabas kept on in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of God, with a number of others.

  • Acts 13:15
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    15 And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the Synagogue sent to them, saying, Brothers, if you have a word of comfort for the people, say on.

  • Acts 9:29-30
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    29 Preaching in the name of the Lord without fear; and he had discussions with the Greek Jews; but they were working for his death.

    30 And when the brothers had knowledge of it, they took him to Caesarea and sent him to Tarsus.

  • Acts 8:25
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    25 So they, having given their witness and made clear the word of the Lord, went back to Jerusalem, giving the good news on their way in a number of the small towns of Samaria.

  • Acts 19:7
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    7 And there were about twelve of these men.

  • Acts 11:30
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    30 Which they did, sending it to the rulers of the church by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

  • Acts 17:6
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    6 And when they were not able to get them, they took Jason and some of the brothers by force before the rulers of the town, crying, These men, who have made trouble all over the world have now come here;

  • Acts 21:19
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    19 And when he had said how glad he was to see them, he gave them a detailed account of the things which God had done through his work among the Gentiles.

  • Acts 18:27
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    27 And when he had a desire to go over into Achaia, the brothers gave him help, and sent letters to the disciples requesting them to take him in among them: and when he had come, he gave much help to those who had faith through grace:

  • Acts 26:20
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    20 But I went about, first to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, and through all the country of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, preaching a change of heart, so that they, being turned to God, might give, in their works, the fruits of a changed heart.

  • Acts 15:23
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    23 And they sent a letter by them, saying, The Apostles and the older brothers, to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, may joy be with you:

  • Acts 10:27
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    27 And saying these words, he went in, and saw that a great number of people had come together;

  • Acts 8:14
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    14 Now when the Apostles at Jerusalem had news that the people of Samaria had taken the word of God into their hearts, they sent to them Peter and John;

  • Acts 10:37
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    37 That word you yourselves have knowledge of, which was made public through all Judaea, starting from Galilee, after the baptism of which John was the preacher,

  • Acts 20:2
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    2 And when he had gone through those parts and given them much teaching, he came into Greece.

  • Acts 20:21
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    21 Preaching to Jews and to Greeks the need for a turning of the heart to God, and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

  • Acts 17:12
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    12 And a number of them had faith, and no small number of the Greek women of high position and of the men.

  • Acts 11:11
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    11 And at that minute, three men, sent from Caesarea, came to the house where we were.

  • Acts 6:5
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    5 And this saying was pleasing to all of them: and they made selection of Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip and Prochorus and Nicanor and Timon and Parmenas and Nicolas of Antioch, who had become a Jew:

  • Acts 14:3
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    3 So they kept there for a long time, taking heart in the Lord, who gave witness to the word of his grace by causing signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

  • Acts 14:11
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    11 And when the people saw what Paul had done, they said in a loud voice, in the language of Lycaonia, The gods have come down to us in the form of men.

  • Acts 15:30
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    30 So they, being sent away, came down to Antioch, and having got the people together, they gave them the letter.

  • Acts 18:5
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    5 And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was completely given up to the word, preaching to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus.