Prophets (προφητα). Christian prophets these were (cf. 13:1) who came from Jerusalem (the headquarters, 8:15). Judas and Silas are…

And in these days. While Barnabas and Saul were at Antioch.

Came prophets. The word prophet denotes, properly, one who for…

Came prophets from Jerusalem.—The mission thus described was obviously a further sanction given by the Church at Jerusale…

Here Luke uses the connective “in those days” just as he did at 1:15 and 6:1, to link parts of his narrative. Now he tells of certain “prophets” wh…

Luke commends in this place the faith of the men of Antioch by its fruit, because they endeavored to relieve the poverty of that church, from which…

And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem to
Antioch .
], That is, some time in …

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