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 Greeks, preaching the Lord Jesus.

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Antioch in Syria became a key center for Gentile evangelism when believers scattered from Jerusalem preached there. Cyprus and Cyrene were the homelands of some of these missionaries, while Judea, Phoenicia, Caesarea, Joppa, and Tarsus mark the wider region through which the gospel spread after persecution.

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Acts 11:20 mentions Antioch, Caesarea, Cyprus, Cyrene, Jerusalem, Joppa, Judea, Phoenicia and Tarsus.

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