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Acts 11:25 KJV
Acts · chapter 11 · verse 25
Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul:Acts 11:25 · King James Version
Acts 11:25 in context
23Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.
24For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.
25Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul:
26And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.
27And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch.
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Key words (Strong's)
- departedexerchomaito go or come forth of, with mention of the place out of which one goes, or the point…G1831 →
- BarnabasbarnabasBarnabas = " son of rest" , the surname of Joses or Joseph, a Levite, a native of…G921 →
- TarsustarsosTarsus = " a flat basket" , a major city in Cilicia and the birthplace and early…G5019 →
- seekanazēteōto seek out, search through, make diligent searchG327 →
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We have here an account of the planting and watering of a church at Antioch, the chief city of Syria, reckoned afterwards the third most considerable city of the empire, only Rome and Alexandria being preferred before it, next to whose patriarch that of Antioch took place.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 19-26