Acts 11:27

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

Key Reflection

This passage highlights the growth of the Christian community in Antioch, where believers came to be known as "Christians" for the first time. Their year-long gathering and teaching ministry there laid a foundational role in spreading Christianity beyond its Jewish roots.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 27. And in these days. While Barnabas and Saul were at Antioch. Came prophets. The word prophet denotes, properly, one who foretells future events. See Barnes "Mt 7:16". It is sometimes used in the New Testament to denote simply religious teachers, instructors sent from God, without particular reference to future events. To teach the people in the doctrines of religion was a part of the prophetic office; and this idea only was sometimes denoted by the use of the word. See Ro 12:6; 1 Co 12:10,28; 13:2,8; 14:3,5,24.

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