Even for a whole year (κα ενιαυτον ολον). Accusative of extent of time, probably the year A.D. 44, the year preceding the visit to…

That a whole year. Antioch was a city exceedingly important in its numbers, wealth, and influence. It was for this reason, probably, that …

The disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.—The term for “were called” is not the word usually translated this way. Bet…

Sometime after reaching Antioch, Barnabas went to Tarsus to find Saul to help him in the ministry back in Syria. We have no record of what Saul was…

He adds afterward that such a holy concord was blessed from heaven, for this was no small honor that the holy name of Christians began there for th…

And when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch
That he might be useful in directing, and assisting in settling…

Previously, the followers of Christ were called disciples (that is, learners and scholars); but from that time, they were called Christians. The pr…