ACTS 11:20 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, which, when they were come to Antioch, spake unto the Grecians, preaching the Lord Jesus.”
Some of them, however, were men from Cyprus and Cyrene, who went to Antioch and began to speak to Greeks as well.—the innovation (Greek: Hellēnistas or simply Ellēnes, 'Greeks'/'Hellenists'—the text's ambiguity here is significant) marks the first deliberate Gentile mission. The agents are diaspora believers (from Cyprus and Cyrene, both outside Judea), suggesting that geographical distance from Jerusalem's conservatism enables bolder missions. Antioch, a major Hellenistic city, becomes the crucible of Gentile Christianity.
Church Fathers on Acts 11:20
But some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they had come to Antioch, spoke unto the Greeks, preaching the Lord Jesus: Acts 11:20 for it is likely both that they could now speak Greek, and that there were such men in Antioch. And the hand of the Lord, it says, was with them, that is, they wrought miracles; and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord. Acts 11:21 Do you mark why now also there was heed of miracles (namely) that they might believe?
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