NEW TESTAMENT

Acts 11:20

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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.

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Verse 20. Some of them, at Antioch, spoke also to the Grecians: [1] by which many understand, to the Gentiles, though in most Greek copies we read, to the Hellenists. Witham.

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A Hellenist is someone who keeps Greek customs and culture.

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