Hechos 11:20

20 Sin embargo, algunos de los creyentes que fueron a Antioquía desde Chipre y Cirene les comenzaron a predicar a los gentiles
acerca del Señor Jesús.

Hechos 11:20 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 11:20

And some of them were men of Cyprus
That is, some of the preachers, that were scattered abroad, were Jews born at Cyprus: such was Barnabas particularly, ( Acts 4:36 ) though he was not among these, as appears from ( Acts 11:22 ) "and Cyrene"; such were Simon that carried the cross after Christ, and his sons Alexander and Rufus, ( Mark 15:21 ) and others that heard the apostles speak with tongues on the day of Pentecost, ( Acts 2:10 )

which when they were come to Antioch, spake unto the Grecians;
or Hellenist Jews, who were born and brought up in Greece, and spoke the Greek language; though the Alexandrian copy, and the Syriac version, read "Greeks", as if they were native Greeks, and properly Gentiles, to whom these ministers spoke the word of the Lord; but the former seems most likely.

Preaching the Lord Jesus;
the dignity of his person, as the Son of God; what he did and suffered to obtain salvation for lost sinners; his resurrection from the dead, ascension to heaven, and intercession; the virtue of his blood for peace and pardon of his sacrifice for atonement of sin, and of his righteousness for justification.

Hechos 11:20 In-Context

18 Cuando los demás oyeron esto, dejaron de oponerse y comenzaron a alabar a Dios. Dijeron:
—Podemos ver que Dios también les ha dado a los gentiles el privilegio de arrepentirse de sus pecados y de recibir vida eterna.

19 La iglesia en Antioquía de Siria
Mientras tanto, los creyentes que fueron dispersados durante la persecución que hubo después de la muerte de Esteban, viajaron tan lejos como Fenicia, Chipre y Antioquía de Siria. Predicaban la palabra de Dios, pero solo a judíos.

20 Sin embargo, algunos de los creyentes que fueron a Antioquía desde Chipre y Cirene les comenzaron a predicar a los gentiles
acerca del Señor Jesús.

21 El poder del Señor estaba con ellos, y un gran número de estos gentiles creyó y se convirtió al Señor.

22 Cuando la iglesia de Jerusalén se enteró de lo que había pasado, enviaron a Bernabé a Antioquía.