# Acts 11:19

> Meanwhile those scattered by the persecution that began with Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the message only to Jews.

— Acts 11:19, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Antioch** (Syria · today Antakya) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/antioch
- **Cyprus** (Mediterranean · today Cyprus) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/cyprus
- **Phoenicia** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/phoenicia

## When

- c. AD 40-44 (counted from the text)
- Date source: Acts 11:28 announces the famine of Claudius's reign, which Tacitus (Annals XII.43) and Josephus (Antiquities XX.2) put in AD 46-48.

## Who ruled

- **Caligula**, emperor of Rome, AD 37-41 · Source: Suetonius, Caligula; Josephus, Antiquities XVIII-XIX
- **Claudius**, emperor of Rome, AD 41-54 · Source: Suetonius, Claudius; Tacitus, Annals XI-XII
- **Herod Agrippa I**, king of Judea, AD 41-44 · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XVIII.6-XIX.8, which dates his death to AD 44

## What happened

- **The disciples are called Christians** (AD 44)
  The name is not chosen by the followers: it is what the city starts calling them. A nickname from outside that stuck.

## See also

- Acts 4:36 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/4/36
- Acts 15:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/15/3
- Acts 15:22 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/15/22
- Acts 15:35 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/15/35
- Acts 21:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/21/2

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/11/19
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/11
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).