Act 11:26 | NET2full | STEP | and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch . So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught a significant number of people . Now it was in Antioch that the disciples were first called Christians .

‏ Acts 11:26

26 and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. ^{▼▼sn Antioch was a city in Syria (not Antioch in Pisidia). See the note in 11:19.} So ^{▼▼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.} for a whole year Barnabas and Saul ^{▼▼tn Grk “year they”; the referents (Barnabas and Saul) have been specified in the translation for clarity.} met with the church and taught a significant number of people. ^{▼▼tn Grk “a significant crowd.”} Now it was in Antioch ^{▼▼sn Antioch was a city in Syria (not Antioch in Pisidia). See the note in 11:19.} that the disciples were first called Christians. ^{▼▼sn The term Christians appears only here, in Acts 26:28, and 1 Pet 4:16 in the NT.}