What did the men from Cyprus and Cyrene do when they came to Antioch?
When they came to Antioch, the men from Cyprus and Cyrene spake unto the Grecians, preaching the Lord Jesus. They were part of scattered believers migrating north from Jerusalem, and instead of preaching only to Jews, they proclaimed the Lord Jesus to Grecian hearers in Antioch.
Les explains that Acts 11 is a flashback to about twelve or thirteen years after Pentecost, beyond Saul’s conversion, around A.D. 41–42. Believers scattered from Jerusalem after Stephen’s death were migrating up to Antioch, north of Palestine, in the area of what we would call Lebanon today. Verse 19 says they went everywhere preaching, but only to Jews. Then verse 20 identifies some as men of Cyprus, the island, and Cyrene, a city on North Africa, and Antioch in Syria. When they came to Antioch, they spake unto the Grecians, preaching the Lord Jesus. Les also notes that this may be one place where the King James isn’t exactly perfect.
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.
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Who preached the Lord Jesus to the Grecians when they came to Antioch?
Among the believers scattered abroad were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, and when they came to Antioch they spoke to the Grecians and preached the Lord Jesus.