Acts 11:20

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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

Phrigia, Pamphylia, and of Egypt, and of the parts of Libya, which is beside Cyrene; And strangers of Rome;

Then there arose certain of the Synagogue, which are called Libertines, and Cyrenians, and of Alexandria, and of Cilicia, and of Asia: and disputed with Stephen.

There were at Antioch, in the congregation, certain prophets and teachers: as Barnabas and Symeon called Niger; And Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, Herod the tetrarch's nurse-fellow, and Saul.

And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, named Simon: him they compelled to bear his cross.

The grecians

In those days, as the number of the disciples grew, there arose a grudge among the Greeks against the Hebrews, because their widows were despised in the daily ministration.

and quit himself boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus. And he spake and disputed with the Greeks; and they went about to slay him.

Preaching

Then came Philip into a city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.

And straightway he preached Christ in the Synagogues how that he was the son of God.

Certain Philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoics, disputed with him. And some there were which said, "What will this babbler say?" Others said, "He seemeth to be a tidings-bringer of new devils," because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.

But we preach Christ crucified: unto the Jews, an occasion of falling; and unto the Greeks, foolishness.

Neither showed I myself that I knew anything among you save Jesus Christ, even the same that was crucified.

Unto me, the least of all saints, is this grace given; that I should preach among the gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,