Acts 11:26

11:26 and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. 1  So 2  for a whole year Barnabas and Saul 3  met with the church and taught a significant number of people. 4  Now it was in Antioch 5  that the disciples were first called Christians. 6 

Acts 15:2

15:2 When Paul and Barnabas had a major argument and debate 7  with them, the church 8  appointed Paul and Barnabas and some others from among them to go up to meet with 9  the apostles and elders in Jerusalem 10  about this point of disagreement. 11 

1 sn Antioch was a city in Syria (not Antioch in Pisidia). See the note in 11:19.

2 tn Grk “So it happened that” The introductory phrase ἐγένετο (egeneto, “it happened that”), common in Luke (69 times) and Acts (54 times), is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

3 tn Grk “year they”; the referents (Barnabas and Saul) have been specified in the translation for clarity.

4 tn Grk “a significant crowd.”

5 sn Antioch was a city in Syria (not Antioch in Pisidia). See the note in 11:19.

6 sn The term Christians appears only here, in Acts 26:28, and 1 Pet 4:16 in the NT.

7 tn Grk “no little argument and debate” (an idiom).

8 tn Grk “they”; the referent (the church, or the rest of the believers at Antioch) has been specified to avoid confusion with the Judaizers mentioned in the preceding clause.

9 tn Grk “go up to,” but in this context a meeting is implied.

10 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

11 tn Or “point of controversy.” It is unclear whether this event parallels Gal 2:1-10 or that Gal 2 fits with Acts 11:30. More than likely Gal 2:1-10 is to be related to Acts 11:30.