ACTS 11:19 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only.”
Now those who had been scattered by the persecution in connection with Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Larnaca and Antioch, telling the message only to Jews.—the shift from Jerusalem persecution to Phoenician evangelism traces dispersion's effect; persecution is the seed of the gospel (martys = witness). The limitation 'only to Jews' (monon tois Hellēnizosin Ioudaiois, 'only to those Hellenistic Jews') shows that the Gentile mission is not yet universal; believers still observe ethnic boundaries.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
Publish a note on this verse
0/2000
No notes on this verse yet. Be the first to write one!