Acts 13:1
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.”
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.
καλέω
is being called
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καλέω
To call, to summon, to invite. Kaleo. Many are called but few are chosen. The call of God is universal but the response is personal. The invitation is open. Will you come.
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προφήτης
prophets
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προφήτης
Prophet, one who speaks forth. Prophetes. No prophecy was ever produced by the will of man. The prophets spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
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τέ
also —
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τέ
both or also (properly, as correlation of G2532 (καί))
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τετράρχης
tetrarch
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τετράρχης
the ruler of a fourth part of a country ("tetrarch")
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Συμεών
Simeon
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Συμεών
Symeon (i.e. Shimon), the name of five Israelites
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Σαῦλος
Saul.
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Σαῦλος
Saulus (i.e. Shaul), the Jewish name of Paul
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Ἡρώδης
with Herod
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Ἡρώδης
heroic; Herod, the name of four Jewish kings
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διδάσκαλος
teachers,
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διδάσκαλος
an instructor (genitive case or specially)
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Κυρηναῖος
Cyrenian,
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Κυρηναῖος
i.e. Cyrenæan, i.e. inhabitant of Cyrene
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Λούκιος
Lucius
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Λούκιος
illuminative; Lucius, a Christian
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εἰμί
There were
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εἰμί
I exist (used only when emphatic)
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σύντροφος
brought up —
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σύντροφος
a fellow-nursling, i.e. comrade
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τὶς
some
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τὶς
some or any person or object
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Νίγερ
Niger
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Νίγερ
black; Niger, a Christian
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Μαναήν
Manaen
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Μαναήν
Manaën, a Christian
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