Acts 11:20

But there were some men from Cyprus ¹  and Cyrene ²  among them who came ³  to Antioch ⁴  and began to speak to the Greeks ⁵  too, proclaiming the good news of the Lord Jesus.

Mt 27:32; Ac 2:10; Ac 6:1; Ac 6:9; Ac 8:5,35; Ac 9:20; Ac 9:29; Ac 13:1; Ac 17:18; 1Co 1:23,24; 1Co 2:2; Eph 3:8

¹ sn Cyprus was a large island in the Mediterranean off the south coast of Asia Minor.

² sn Cyrene was a city on the northern African coast west of Egypt.

³ tn Grk “among them, coming to Antioch began to speak.” The participle ἐλθόντες (elqonte") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

⁴ sn Antioch was a city in Syria (not Antioch in Pisidia). See the note in 11:19.

⁵ sn The statement that some men from Cyprus and Cyrene…began to speak to the Greeks shows that Peter’s experience of reaching out to the Gentiles was not unique.