Acts 11:27 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Bible Comments

And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch.

Ver. 27. From Jerusalem unto Antioch] The Church whereof was now grown so famous by the pious labours of Paul and Barnabas, that many holy and learned men resorted thither, as to a common school or academy. a So did various, in our forefathers' days, to Zurich, Basil, Geneva, but especially to Wittenberg, where Luther and Melancthon laboured in the Lord's work, to the good of many:

" Divisae his operae, sed mens fuit unica; pavit

Ore Lutherus oves, flore Melancthon apes. "

a κοινον παιδευτηριον παντων ανθρωπων Sic de Athenis. Thucyd.

Acts 11:27

27 And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch.