Acts 11:19-21

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The Good News Comes to Antioch

¹⁹The believers were scattered by the persecution^[a] that began when Stephen was killed. Some of them went as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch. They told the Good News in these places, but only to Jews. ²⁰Some of these believers were men from Cyprus and Cyrene. When these men came to Antioch, they began speaking to people who were not Jews.^[b] They told them the Good News about the Lord Jesus. ²¹The Lord was helping these men, and a large number of people believed and decided to follow the Lord.

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Footnotes

Acts 11:19 persecution A time when the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem were punishing people who believed in Christ. See Acts 8:1-4.
Acts 11:20 people who were not Jews Literally, “Hellenists,” meaning people who have been influenced by Greek culture. Some Greek copies have “Greeks.”