Acts 11:26
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.”
μαθητής
Not just a follower — a learner who becomes like the teacher. The last command Jesus gives is not go and convert — it is go and make mathetes. People who learn from Me, walk like Me, think like Me, love like Me. The mission is not decisions. It is transformation.
χρηματίζω
Were calling
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χρηματίζω
to utter an oracle (compare the original sense of G5530 (χράομαι)), i.e. divinely intimate; by implication, (compare the secular sense of G5532 (χρεία)) to constitute a firm for business, i.e. (generally) bear as a title
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ἐκκλησία
church
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ἐκκλησία
Assembly, church, called out ones. Ekklesia. I will build my church. The church is not a building or a programme. It is a people called out by God and gathered around Jesus.
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ὄχλος
a crowd
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ὄχλος
A crowd, a multitude, a mob. He saw a great crowd and had compassion on them because they were like sheep without a shepherd. His response to crowds was always compassion.
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ὅλος
whole
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ὅλος
Whole, complete, entire. Holos. Love the Lord your God with all your heart. God does not want a portion of you. He wants all of you. Half-hearted devotion is not devotion.
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γίνομαι
It came to pass that
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γίνομαι
To become, to come into being, to happen. Ginomai. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. What is true in heaven is meant to become true on earth through prayer.
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συνάγω
gathering together
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συνάγω
To gather together, to assemble. Sunago. For where two or three gather in My name there I am. The presence of Jesus is promised to the gathered church. Come together.
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εὑρίσκω
having found
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εὑρίσκω
To find, to discover, to obtain. Heurisko. Seek and you will find. The finding is guaranteed for those who seek. God is findable because He wants to be found.
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διδάσκω
teaching
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διδάσκω
To teach, to instruct. Didasko. Go and make disciples teaching them. The Great Commission is not just evangelism. It is ongoing teaching and formation.
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ἱκανός
large,
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ἱκανός
competent (as if coming in season), i.e. ample (in amount) or fit (in character)
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τέ
then
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τέ
both or also (properly, as correlation of G2532 (καί))
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Χριστιανός
Christians.
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Χριστιανός
a Christian, i.e. follower of Christ
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ἐνιαυτός
a year
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ἐνιαυτός
a year
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