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5. Acts 11 is the eleventh chapter of the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It records that Saint Peter defends his visit to Cornelius in Caesarea and retells his vision prior to the meeting as well as the pouring of Holy Spirit during the meeting. The book containing this chapter is anonymous but early Christian ...
According to the Alexandrine manuscript of Acts 11:20–26, the Christians dispersed by the martyrdom of Stephen preached to the idolatrous Greeks of Antioch, not to "Grecians" or Greek-speaking Jews. [full citation needed] Antioch was also the birthplace of John Chrysostom, a prominent Christian father who died in 407 AD. [9] [full citation ...
According to Acts 11:26, the term Christian (Greek: Χριστιανός), meaning "follower of Christ", was first used in reference to Jesus's disciples in the city of Antioch. [11] The earliest recorded use of the term "Christianity" (Greek: Χριστιανισμός ) was by Ignatius of Antioch , in around 100 AD.
Paul joins Antioch Acts 11,25–26 43/44 Persecution under Agrippa I, Peter leaves Jerusalem and James becomes leader of the church Acts 12,1–4.17 ~ 45–47 1st missionary journey Acts 13–14 48 Apostles' Convention (spring); Antiochian incident (summer/autumn) Acts 15,1–34; Gal 2,1–10.11–14 49 Edict of Claudius Acts 18,2 48–51/52
The movement quickly spread to Damascus and Antioch, capital of Roman Syria and one of the most important cities in the empire. [38] Early Christians referred to themselves as brethren, disciples or saints, but it was in Antioch, according to Acts 11:26, that they were first called Christians (Greek: Christianoi). [39]
Antioch on the Orontes ( / ˈænti.ɒk /; Ancient Greek: Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου, romanized : Antiókheia hē epì Oróntou, pronounced [anti.ó.kʰeː.a]) [ note 1] was a Hellenistic Greek city [ 1][ 2] founded by Seleucus I Nicator in 300 BC. [ 3] One of the most important Greek cities of the Hellenistic period, [ 2 ...
The Acts of the Apostles[ a] ( Koinē Greek: Πράξεις Ἀποστόλων, Práxeis Apostólōn; [ 2] Latin: Actūs Apostolōrum) is the fifth book of the New Testament; it tells of the founding of the Christian Church and the spread of its message to the Roman Empire. [ 3] Acts and the Gospel of Luke make up a two-part work, Luke–Acts ...
The incident at Antioch was an Apostolic Age dispute between the apostles Paul and Peter which occurred in the city of Antioch around the middle of the first century. [ 1] The primary source for the incident is Paul's Epistle to the Galatians 2:11–14. [ 1] Since the 19th century figure Ferdinand Christian Baur, biblical scholars have found ...