Study it in the app“and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. And it happened that for a whole year they met together with the assembly and taught a large crowd; and the disciples were called Christians for the first time in Antioch.”
andκαὶwhen he found him,εὑρὼνhe brought himἤγαγενtoεἰςAntioch.ἈντιόχειανAndδὲit happened thatἐγένετοfor a wholeὅλονyearἐνιαυτὸνtheyαὐτοῖςmet togetherσυναχθῆναιwithἐνthe assemblyτῇ ἐκκλησίᾳandκαὶtaughtδιδάξαιa largeἱκανόνcrowd;ὄχλονandτεthe disciplesτοὺς μαθητὰςwere calledχρηματίσαιChristiansΧριστιανούςfor the first timeπρώτωςinἐνAntioch.Ἀντιοχείᾳ
find
To come upon something or someone, after searching or by surprise.
Where else “heurōn” appearslead
To lead a person or an animal from one place to another.
Where else “ēgagen” appearsAntioch
See it on the mapWhere else “Antiocheian” appearshappen
For an event to occur, for something to take place in history.
Where else “egeneto” appearswhole, all
Whole, entire, all.
Where else “holon” appearsyear
Year.
Where else “eniauton” appearsgather
To bring people or things together into one place.
Where else “synachthēnai” appearschurch
Those who believe in Jesus, gathered as his people.
Where else “ekklēsiai” appearsteach
Teach.
Where else “didaxai” appearsconsiderable
A considerable amount of people, time or money.
Where else “hikanon” appearscrowd
A lot of people together.
Where else “ochlon” appearsdisciple
A follower of Jesus.
Where else “mathētas” appearsbe called
To bear a name.
Where else “chrēmatisai” appearsChristian
Christian, "one of the Messiah": the name given to the followers of Jesus.
Where else “Christianous” appearsfirst
First, for the first time.
Where else “prōtōs” appears“Christians” comes from Christos, Christ, that is, the Messiah: “those of the Messiah.”
Antioch
Today: Antakya (Antioch on the Orontes), Turkey
An important city of Syria, about 15 miles (25 km) inland from the Mediterranean, in present-day Turkey. There was another Antioch in Pisidia, in central Turkey today.
There the disciples were first called "Christians" (Acts 11:26). The assembly sent Paul and Barnabas out from there on their first journey (Acts 13:1-3).
25And he went out to Tarsus to look for Saul,
26 · This verse (above)
27Now in these days prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.
1. What it says
When Peter is criticized in Jerusalem, how does he respond, and what do they do when they hear him? (vv. 2-18)
2. What it means
What does Barnabas do on arriving in Antioch, and what does he then do about Saul? (vv. 22-26)
3. How I live it
The disciples in Antioch sent help to the brothers in Judea who needed it (vv. 27-30). Whom far away could you help?
