Acts 14:28
And they spent a long time there with the disciples.
BSB
ASV
And they tarried no little time with the disciples.
KJV
And there they abode long time with the disciples.
And there they abode long time with the disciples. That is, Paul and Barnabas continued a considerable time at Antioch with the believers there, before they set out on another journey; and what might detain them the longer, might be the disputes they had with some "judaizing" Christians, concerning the observation of the law; of which, and the issue of them, an account is given in the next chapter.
That the gospel was now preached to Jews and Gentiles together, and those of each denomination that believed came together into the church. In the close of the foregoing chapter it was preached first to the Jews, and some of them believed, and then to the Gentiles, and some of them believed; but here they are put together, being put upon the same level.
And there they abode long time - How long the apostles tarried here we cannot tell; but we hear no more of them till the council of Jerusalem, mentioned in the following chapter, which is generally supposed to have been held in the year 51 of our Lord; and, if the transactions of this chapter took place in a.d. 46, as chronologers think, then there are five whole years of St. Paul’s ministry, and that of other apostles, which St. Luke passes by in perfect silence.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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Acts 11:26and when he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. So for a full year they met together with the church and taught large numbers of people. The disciples were first called Christians…
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But if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but glorify God that you bear that name.
Then Agrippa said to Paul, “Can you persuade me in such a short time to become a Christian?”
If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,
The body is a unit, though it is composed of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one body. So it is with Christ.
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Acts 15:35But Paul and Barnabas remained at Antioch, along with many others, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord.
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Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction.
We proclaim Him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ.
Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch), and Saul.
