Acts 11:19

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Activity in the Church at Antioch Now those who had been scattered because of the persecution that took place over Stephen went as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the message to no one but Jews.

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  • Acts 4:36 : 36 So Joseph, a Levite who was a native of Cyprus, called by the apostles Barnabas(which is translated“son of encouragement”),
  • Acts 15:3 : 3 So they were sent on their way by the church, and as they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, they were relating at length the conversion of the Gentiles and bringing great joy to all the brothers.
  • Acts 15:22 : 22 Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to send men chosen from among them, Judas called Barsabbas and Silas, leaders among the brothers, to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas.
  • Acts 15:35 : 35 But Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch, teaching and proclaiming(along with many others) the word of the Lord.
  • Acts 21:2 : 2 We found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, went aboard, and put out to sea.
  • Acts 21:16 : 16 Some of the disciples from Caesarea came along with us too, and brought us to the house of Mnason of Cyprus, a disciple from the earliest times, with whom we were to stay.
  • Gal 2:11 : 11 Paul Rebukes Peter But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he had clearly done wrong.
  • Matt 10:6 : 6 Go instead to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
  • John 7:35 : 35 Then the Jewish leaders said to one another,“Where is he going to go that we cannot find him? He is not going to go to the Jewish people dispersed among the Greeks and teach the Greeks, is he?
  • Acts 3:26 : 26 God raised up his servant and sent him first to you, to bless you by turning each one of you from your iniquities.”
  • Acts 15:39 : 39 They had a sharp disagreement, so that they parted company. Barnabas took along Mark and sailed away to Cyprus,
  • Acts 18:22 : 22 and when he arrived at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church at Jerusalem and then went down to Antioch.
  • Acts 8:1-4 : 1 And Saul agreed completely with killing him. Saul Begins to Persecute the ChurchNow on that day a great persecution began against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were forced to scatter throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria. 2 Some devout men buried Stephen and made loud lamentation over him. 3 But Saul was trying to destroy the church; entering one house after another, he dragged off both men and women and put them in prison. 4 Philip Preaches in Samaria Now those who had been forced to scatter went around proclaiming the good news of the word.
  • Acts 11:26-27 : 26 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. 27 Famine Relief for Judea At that time some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.
  • Acts 13:1 : 1 The Church at Antioch Commissions Barnabas and Saul Now there were these prophets and teachers in the church at Antioch: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen(a close friend of Herod the tetrarch from childhood) and Saul.
  • Acts 13:4 : 4 Paul and Barnabas Preach in Cyprus So Barnabas and Saul, sent out by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus.
  • Acts 13:46 : 46 Both Paul and Barnabas replied courageously,“It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we are turning to the Gentiles.

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  • Acts 11:20-22
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    20 But there were some men from Cyprus and Cyrene among them who came to Antioch and began to speak to the Greeks too, proclaiming the good news of the Lord Jesus.

    21 The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number who believed turned to the Lord.

    22 A report about them came to the attention of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch.

  • Acts 8:4
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    4 Philip Preaches in Samaria Now those who had been forced to scatter went around proclaiming the good news of the word.

  • Acts 2:9-10
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    9 Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and the province of Asia,

    10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene, and visitors from Rome,

  • Acts 8:1
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    1 And Saul agreed completely with killing him. Saul Begins to Persecute the ChurchNow on that day a great persecution began against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were forced to scatter throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria.

  • Acts 13:4-5
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    4 Paul and Barnabas Preach in Cyprus So Barnabas and Saul, sent out by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus.

    5 When they arrived in Salamis, they began to proclaim the word of God in the Jewish synagogues.(Now they also had John as their assistant.)

  • Acts 15:3
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    3 So they were sent on their way by the church, and as they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, they were relating at length the conversion of the Gentiles and bringing great joy to all the brothers.

  • Acts 14:4-7
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    4 But the population of the city was divided; some sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles.

    5 When both the Gentiles and the Jews(together with their rulers) made an attempt to mistreat them and stone them,

    6 Paul and Barnabas learned about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and the surrounding region.

    7 There they continued to proclaim the good news.

  • Acts 11:1
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    1 Peter Defends His Actions to the Jerusalem Church Now the apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles too had accepted the word of God.

  • Acts 14:21
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    21 Paul and Barnabas Return to Antioch in Syria After they had proclaimed the good news in that city and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, to Iconium, and to Antioch.

  • Acts 15:19
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    19 “Therefore I conclude that we should not cause extra difficulty for those among the Gentiles who are turning to God,

  • Acts 6:9
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    9 But some men from the Synagogue of the Freedmen(as it was called), both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, as well as some from Cilicia and the province of Asia, stood up and argued with Stephen.

  • Acts 11:26-27
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    26 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.

    27 Famine Relief for Judea At that time some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.

  • Acts 13:49-51
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    49 So the word of the Lord was spreading through the entire region.

    50 But the Jews incited the God-fearing women of high social standing and the prominent men of the city, stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and threw them out of their region.

    51 So after they shook the dust off their feet in protest against them, they went to Iconium.

  • 1 Thess 2:14-16
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    14 For you became imitators, brothers and sisters, of God’s churches in Christ Jesus that are in Judea, because you too suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they in fact did from the Jews,

    15 who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets and persecuted us severely. They are displeasing to God and are opposed to all people,

    16 because they hinder us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. Thus they constantly fill up their measure of sins, but wrath has come upon them completely.

  • Luke 9:6
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    6 Then they departed and went throughout the villages, proclaiming the good news and healing people everywhere.

  • Acts 14:25-27
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    25 and when they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia.

    26 From there they sailed back to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had now completed.

    27 When they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported all the things God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith for the Gentiles.

  • Acts 13:14
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    14 Moving on from Perga, they arrived at Pisidian Antioch, and on the Sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat down.

  • Acts 14:19
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    19 But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and after winning the crowds over, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, presuming him to be dead.

  • Acts 14:1-2
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    1 Paul and Barnabas at Iconium The same thing happened in Iconium when Paul and Barnabas went into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a large group of both Jews and Greeks believed.

    2 But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.

  • Acts 26:20
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    20 but I declared to those in Damascus first, and then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds consistent with repentance.

  • Acts 17:1
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    1 Paul and Silas at Thessalonica After they traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.

  • 3 John 1:7
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    7 For they have gone forth on behalf of“The Name,” accepting nothing from the pagans.

  • Acts 8:25
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    25 So after Peter and John had solemnly testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they started back to Jerusalem, proclaiming the good news to many Samaritan villages as they went.

  • Acts 11:18
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    18 When they heard this, they ceased their objections and praised God, saying,“So then, God has granted the repentance that leads to life even to the Gentiles.”

  • Acts 13:42
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    42 As Paul and Barnabas were going out, the people were urging them to speak about these things on the next Sabbath.

  • Acts 19:7
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    7 (Now there were about twelve men in all.)

  • Acts 9:30-31
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    30 When the brothers found out about this, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him away to Tarsus.

    31 Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced peace and thus was strengthened. Living in the fear of the Lord and in the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, the church increased in numbers.

  • Acts 22:21
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    21 Then he said to me,‘Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”

  • Acts 13:46
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    46 Both Paul and Barnabas replied courageously,“It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we are turning to the Gentiles.

  • Acts 17:13
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    13 But when the Jews from Thessalonica heard that Paul had also proclaimed the word of God in Berea, they came there too, inciting and disturbing the crowds.

  • Acts 8:14
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    14 Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.

  • Acts 15:23-24
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    23 They sent this letter with them: From the apostles and elders, your brothers, to the Gentile brothers and sisters in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia, greetings!

    24 Since we have heard that some have gone out from among us with no orders from us and have confused you, upsetting your minds by what they said,

  • Matt 10:6
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    6 Go instead to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

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