Where were the men from who came to Antioch and spoke to Grecians?
The men who came to Antioch and spoke to the Grecians were from Cyprus and Cyrene. Cyprus is identified as an island, and Cyrene as a city in North Africa. They went to Antioch, the city in Syria, where they preached the Lord Jesus.
Les explains that these believers had been scattered out from Jerusalem and were more or less migrating up to Antioch, north of Palestine, in the area of what we would call Lebanon today. Some of them were men of Cyprus, the island, and they were of Cyrene, a city on North Africa. When they came to Antioch, the city up there in Syria, they spake unto the Grecians, preaching the Lord Jesus. This is set in a flashback to about seven years after Pentecost, at the time of Stephen's death, though chronologically beyond Saul's conversion, about 41-42 and 12-13 years after Pentecost.
And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, which, when they were come to Antioch, spake unto the Grecians, preaching the LORD Jesus.
More Questions
In Acts 11:20, did the scattered believers speak to Grecian Jews or to Gentile Greeks?
In Acts 11:20, the King James's 'Grecians' should be understood as 'Greeks'—actual Gentiles, not Greek-speaking Jews—and that is the significant point.
How did Gentile Greeks first become interested in listening to the gospel in Acts 11?
God was sovereignly causing Gentile Greeks to become interested enough to listen to the message of these Jewish believers, even though those believers themselves did not realize what was happening.
Were the people in Acts 11:20 Greek-speaking Jews or Gentile Greeks?
In Acts 11:20, the people preached to were 'Greeks'—that is, Gentiles—not merely Greek-speaking Jewish 'Grecians,' as the newer translations correctly render it.
Should Acts 11:20 say 'Greeks' or 'Grecians'?
In Acts 11:20 the word should be translated 'Greeks' (Hellenes), not 'Grecians.'