These foreign-born Jews were able to understand the disciples’ message in their own language and no doubt one of the languages was Gr. Hence, in Acts 6:1 it refers to Jews who spoke Gr. as opposed to the Jews who spoke Aram. Some think that the Hellenists refer to Greeks (i.e.,...
The Hellenists were Greek-speaking Jews born outside Palestine who followed a Grecian philosophy. Hebrews spoke Aramaic and followed Jewish customs. Acts 6:3 Twelve . . . seven: the Twelve are representative of the twelve tribes of Israel; the Seven represent the Gentiles dwelling in Canaan (...
29 preaching boldly in the name of the Lord: and he spake and disputed against the Grecian Jews; but they were seeking to kill him. 使徒行传 9:29 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY) 29 and speaking boldly in the name of the Lord. And he spoke and discussed with the Hellenists; but they...
People known as Hellenists had assumed the Greek language and lifestyle but were originally from somewhere else. Much of the tension between Jesus and the Jews, which features so predominantly in the gospels (Luke 4:25-29), is a literary presentation of the well-documented historical tension ...
To prove this was the aim of Ammonius, who endeavoured to induce Gentiles and Christians, Jews and Idolaters, to lay aside their contentions and strifes, remembering only that they were all in possession of the same truth under various vestments, and were all the children of a common mother...
11:19Now those who were scattered because of the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except Jews. But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who on coming to Antioch spoke to the Hellenists also...
But among them were some men of Cyprus and Cyrene who, on coming to Antioch, spoke to the Hellenists also, proclaiming the Lord Jesus. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa Bible But there were some men among them from Cyprus and from Cyrene; these men entered into An’ti-och and spoke to the...
When in Jerusalem certain Hellenists wanted to kill Paul, the brethren spirited him away to Tarsus via Caesarea (9:30). Also in Caesarea, the centurion Cornelius saw a vision in which he was told to send for Peter, who was in Joppa at the time (10:1). Peter too saw a vision, the...
11:20Greekthe Hellenists(i.e., those who speak Greek); other manuscripts readthe Greeks. 11:26Greekdisciples;also in11:29. 11:29Greekthe brothers. Acts 11 New Living Translation Peter Explains His Actions 11Soon the news reached the apostles and other believers[a]in Judea that the Gentiles...
[63] Likewise, the first Christian missionaries outside of Judea and Samaria were Hellenists (Acts 11:19; 15:3): Jews who spoke Greek and understood both Hebrew religion and Hellenistic culture. It is on this account that Christoph Stenschke observes that “The breakthrough to systematic ...