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Acts chapter 11:19-21:
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Acts chapter 11:19-21:
V19: The record now returns to how God so remarkably brought about the wider spread of the gospel, as believers who were scattered from Jerusalem and Judea by the persecution after Stephen’s death took the message wherever they went. ( See ch8 v4.) Even in ” Gentile territory”, to start with they still address only Jews, probably in established synagogues.
V20: But then some of them, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, Jews from the dispersion throughout the Roman Empire at this time, coming to Antioch start speaking to ” Hellenists“. Though at times this speaks of Greek-speaking Jews ( as in ch 6 v1 ) the context here makes it clear these were Gentiles from the Greek culture of those days. The believers in question preach ” the Lord Jesus” to these non-Jews.
V21: And God seals this with His blessing, and a large number of these Gentiles truly come to Christ as Saviour. Acts 1:8 is being further fulfilled, under the Lord’s sovereign hand! What remarkable outcomes God can bring from persecutions!