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Acts 11:20 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 20. 20And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, which, when they were come to Antioch, spake unto the Grecians, preaching the Lord Jesus.
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Role in This Section
Introduces Cypriot and Cyrenian believers speaking about Jesus to Greek-speaking people.
Read It With
- Acts 11:19–11:26
Read Acts 11:20 with 11:19–11:26. In isolation, this contribution—introduces Cypriot and Cyrenian believers speaking about Jesus to Greek-speaking people—can be mistaken for the scene's whole claim, detached from its speaker or narrator, or separated from its outcome. The complete unit establishes: Those scattered after Stephen speak first to Jews, some then announce the Lord Jesus to Greek-speaking people, Jerusalem sends Barnabas, he recruits Saul, and disciples are first called Christians at Antioch.
Why It Needs Context
Introduces Cypriot and Cyrenian believers speaking about Jesus to Greek-speaking people. Its responsible force depends on the full sequence, speaker, narrator framing, and outcome of Acts 11:19–11:26; it is connective evidence rather than a complete standalone teaching.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Acts 11:19–11:26 — Antioch becomes a mixed teaching communitySources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and unit coverage.
Exact location: Acts 11:19–11:26, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording and punctuation control, without pretending one edition is a complete apparatus.
Exact location: SBLGNT official text, Acts 11:19-11:26
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