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NASB | Acts 11:26 and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. And for an entire year they met with the church and taught considerable numbers; and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 11:26 and when he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. For an entire year they met [with others] in the church and instructed large numbers; and it was in Antioch that the disciples were first called Christians. [Acts 26:28; 1 Pet 4:16] |
Bible Question: What name were the Christ followers of the early church called during the years following Christ's birth? |
Bible Answer: According to the "NIV Exhaustive Concordance," Christ's early followers were called "disciple(s)" 30 times in the books of Acts; "believer(s)" 13 times in Acts; and "Christian(s)" only once in the entire 66 books of the Bible. So which of the three words was most often used of Christ's early followers? "Disciples", which also, by the way, occurs a total of 296 times in all of the first five books of the NIV NT. |