World English Bible
Acts 11:19
“They therefore who were scattered abroad by the oppression that arose about Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except to Jews only.”
Verse in context — Acts 11
If then God gave to them the same gift as us, when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, that I could withstand God?
When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, "Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance to life!
They therefore who were scattered abroad by the oppression that arose about Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except to Jews only.
But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they had come to Antioch, spoke to the Hellenists, preaching the Lord Jesus.
The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number believed and turned to the Lord.
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