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Acts 15:32

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Judas and Silas, also being prophets themselves, encouraged the brothers with many words, and strengthened them.

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Antioch in Syria was the church receiving Judas and Silas after the Jerusalem council; Jerusalem and Judea were the council’s source, while Phoenicia, Samaria, Cyprus, Pamphylia, and Cilicia mark earlier mission routes and connected regions where the Gentile question had spread.

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Acts 15:32 mentions Antioch, Cilicia, Cyprus, Jerusalem, Judea, Pamphylia, Phoenicia, Samaria and Syria.

Antioch · Volkan Hatem
Cilicia · Volker Höhfeld
Cyprus · Deensel
Jerusalem · Godot13

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