Spake (ελαλουν). Inchoative imperfect active, began to speak. For them it was an experiment.

Unto the Greeks also <…

Were men of Cyprus and Cyrene. They were natives of Cyprus and Cyrene. Cyrene was a province and city of Libya in Africa. It is presently …

And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene.—It is better to read, But some. These were, from the nature of the case, Hellenis…

At Antioch, some of the Hellenistic Jewish Christians “began to speak to Greeks also.” Did Luke have in mind Gentiles who had no affiliation whatev…

Luke declares at length that certain of them brought this treasure even to the Gentiles. And Luke calls these Grecians not Ελληνες, but Ελληνισται.…

And some of them were men of Cyprus
That is, some of the preachers, that were scattered abroad, were Jews born at Cy…

The first preachers of the gospel at Antioch were dispersed from Jerusalem by persecution; thus, what was meant to hurt the church was made to work…