Acts 11:20

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Cyrene

The grecians

Acts 6:1

Acts 9:29

Preaching

Bible References

Cyrene

Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes,

Then some from what is called the Freedmen’s Synagogue, composed of both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, and some from Cilicia and Asia, came forward and disputed with Stephen.

In the church that was at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen, a close friend of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

As they were going out, they found a Cyrenian man named Simon. They forced this man to carry His cross.

The grecians

In those days, as the number of the disciples was multiplying, there arose a complaint by the Hellenistic Jews against the Hebraic Jews that their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution.

He conversed and debated with the Hellenistic Jews, but they attempted to kill him.

Preaching

Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Messiah to them.

Immediately he began proclaiming Jesus in the synagogues: “He is the Son of God.”

Then also, some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers argued with him. Some said, “What is this pseudo-intellectual trying to say?”

Others replied, “He seems to be a preacher of foreign deities”—because he was telling the good news about Jesus and the Resurrection.

but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to the Jews and foolishness to the Gentiles.

For I didn’t think it was a good idea to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.

This grace was given to me—the least of all the saints—to proclaim to the Gentiles the incalculable riches of the Messiah,