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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Christian (Man living at the time of the New Testament)
Outsiders at Antioch coined the word, possibly as mockery, for people who followed Christ. The believers called each other brethren, disciples and saints. It turns up only three times in the New Testament, the last in 1 Peter 4:16, which tells them not to be ashamed of suffering under that name.
Outsiders at Antioch coined the word, possibly as mockery, for people who followed Christ. The believers called each other brethren, disciples and saints. It turns up only three times in the New Testament, the last in 1 Peter 4:16, which tells them not to be ashamed of suffering under that name.
“Christian” is not a person but the title given to followers of Jesus, first used at Antioch according to Acts 11:26. Believers themselves used terms like “brethren,” “disciples,” and “saints,” while outsiders, likely the Greek-speaking population of Antioch, coined “Christian” as a label, possibly in mockery, marking them as partisans of Christ. The word appears only three times in the New Testament: Acts 11:26, Acts 26:28, where Agrippa uses it in his reply to Paul, and 1 Peter 4:16, which tells believers not to be ashamed of suffering under that name.
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- Acts 11:26
- Acts 26:28
- 1 Peter 4:16
