Acts 11:26

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

When he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year, they met with the church and taught a large number of people. It was in Antioch that the disciples were first called Christians.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ εὑρὼν αὐτὸν, ἤγαγεν αὐτὸν εἰς Ἀντιόχειαν. Ἐγένετο δὲ, αὐτοὺς ἐνιαυτὸν ὅλον συναχθῆναι ἐν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ, καὶ διδάξαι ὄχλον ἱκανόν. Χρηματίσαι τε πρώτον ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ τοὺς μαθητὰς Χριστιανούς.

Transliteration

And heurōn auton, ēgagen auton into Antiocheian. Egeneto de, them eniauton holon synachthēnai in the ekklēsia, and didaxai ochlon hikanon. Chrēmatisai te prōton in Antiocheia tous mathētas Christianous.

Grammar Details

• *heurōn*: aorist active participle, nominative masculine singular - having found
• *auton*: accusative 3rd person singular pronoun - him
• *ēgagen*: aorist active indicative 3rd person singular - brought/led
• *Antiocheian*: accusative feminine singular - Antioch
• *Egeneto*: aorist middle indicative 3rd person singular - it happened
• *de*: postpositive conjunction - and/but
• *autous*: accusative 3rd person plural pronoun - they
• *eniauton*: accusative masculine singular - year
• *holon*: adjective, accusative masculine singular - whole/entire
• *synachthēnai*: aorist passive infinitive - to be gathered
• *en*: preposition with dative - in
• *tē ekklēsia*: dative feminine singular with article - the church
• *didaxai*: aorist active infinitive - to teach
• *ochlon*: accusative masculine singular - crowd
• *hikanon*: adjective, accusative masculine singular - considerable
• *Chrēmatisai*: aorist active infinitive - to be called
• *te*: conjunction (enclitic) - and
• *prōton*: adverb - first
• *Antiocheia*: dative feminine singular - Antioch
• *tous mathētas*: accusative masculine plural with article - the disciples
• *Christianous*: accusative masculine plural - Christians

Word Meanings

• *heurōn*: having found/finding
• *ēgagen*: brought/led
• *Egeneto*: it happened/it came about
• *eniauton holon*: whole year/entire year
• *synachthēnai*: to be gathered/to meet together
• *ekklēsia*: church/assembly/congregation
• *didaxai*: to teach/to instruct
• *ochlon hikanon*: considerable crowd/substantial number
• *Chrēmatisai*: to be called/to be named/to be designated
• *prōton*: first/for the first time
• *mathētas*: disciples/followers/students
• *Christianous*: Christians/followers of Christ

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard 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.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. And it came to pass, that for a whole year they assembled with the church and taught many people. And the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  and when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that even for a whole year they were gathered together with the church, and taught much people, and that the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  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.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And when he had founde him he brought him vnto Antioche. And it chaunsed yt a whole yere they had their conversacion with the congregacio there and taught moche people: in so moche that the disciples of Antioche were the fyrst that were called Christen.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And wha he had foude hi, he brought hi to Anthioche. It chauced, that a whole yeare they were there couersaunte together in the cogregacio, & taughte moch people, so that the disciples at Antioche were first called Christen.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And when he had founde him, he brought him vnto Antiochia: and it came to passe that a whole yere they were conuersant with ye Church, and taught much people, in so much that the disciples were first called Christians in Antiochia.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And when he had founde hym, he brought hym vnto Antioche. And it came to passe, that a whole yere they had their couersation with the Church there, & taught much people: in so much, that the disciples of Antioche, were the first that were called Christians.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  When he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. It happened, that for a whole year they were gathered together with the assembly, and taught many people. The disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and having found him, he brought him to Antioch, and it came to pass that they a whole year did assemble together in the assembly, and taught a great multitude, the disciples also were divinely called first in Antioch Christians.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that even for a whole year they were gathered together with the church, and taught much people, and that the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that even for a whole year they were gathered together with the church, and taught much people, and that the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  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.

• World English Bible (2000)

  When he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. It happened, that for a whole year they were gathered together with the assembly, and taught many people. The disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught a significant number of people. Now it was in Antioch that the disciples were first called Christians.

Referenced Verses

• Acts 26:28 : 28 Then Agrippa said to Paul, 'In such a short time, are you trying to persuade me to become a Christian?'
• 1 Pet 4:16 : 16 However, if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear that name.
• 1 John 2:27 : 27 As for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as His anointing teaches you about all things—and it is true and not a lie—just as it has taught you, remain in Him.
• Rev 3:18 : 18 I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire so that you may become rich; white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not be exposed; and ointment to anoint your eyes so that you may see.
• 1 Cor 4:17 : 17 For this reason I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord. He will remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach them everywhere in every church.
• 1 Cor 11:18 : 18 First of all, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions among you, and in part, I believe it.
• 1 Cor 12:12 : 12 Just as the body is one but has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so also is Christ.
• 1 Cor 14:23 : 23 So if the whole church comes together and everyone speaks in tongues, and outsiders or unbelievers enter, will they not say that you are out of your mind?
• Eph 3:15 : 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name.
• 1 Pet 4:14 : 14 If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
• Isa 65:15 : 15 You will leave behind your name as a curse for my chosen ones, and the Lord GOD will put you to death; but to his servants, he will give another name.
• Matt 28:19 : 19 'Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,'
• Acts 6:5 : 5 This proposal pleased the whole group. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas, a convert from Antioch.
• Acts 11:20 : 20 But some of them, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and also began speaking to the Greeks, proclaiming the good news about the Lord Jesus.
• Acts 11:22 : 22 News of this reached the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch.
• Acts 11:27 : 27 During this time, some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.
• Acts 13:1-2 : 1 In the church that was at Antioch, there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen, who had been brought up with Herod the Tetrarch, and Saul. 2 While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, 'Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.'
• Acts 14:23 : 23 They appointed elders for them in each church and, with prayer and fasting, committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
• Acts 14:27 : 27 When they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported all that God had done through them and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.