<P> The first recorded use of the term ( or its cognates in other languages ) is in the New Testament , in Acts 11 : 26 , after Barnabas brought Saul ( Paul ) to Antioch where they taught the disciples for about a year , the text says : `` ( ... ) the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch . '' The second mention of the term follows in Acts 26 : 28 , where Herod Agrippa II replied to Paul the Apostle , `` Then Agrippa said unto Paul , Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian . '' The third and final New Testament reference to the term is in 1 Peter 4 : 16 , which exhorts believers : `` Yet if ( any man suffer ) as a Christian , let him not be ashamed ; but let him glorify God on this behalf . '' </P>
<P> The first recorded use of the term ( or its cognates in other languages ) is in the New Testament , in Acts 11 : 26 , after Barnabas brought Saul ( Paul ) to Antioch where they taught the disciples for about a year , the text says : `` ( ... ) the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch . '' The second mention of the term follows in Acts 26 : 28 , where Herod Agrippa II replied to Paul the Apostle , `` Then Agrippa said unto Paul , Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian . '' The third and final New Testament reference to the term is in 1 Peter 4 : 16 , which exhorts believers : `` Yet if ( any man suffer ) as a Christian , let him not be ashamed ; but let him glorify God on this behalf . '' </P>
where does the word christian come from in the bible
where does the word christian come from in the bible
Acts 11 : 26 Acts 26 : 28 1 Peter 4 : 16
Acts 11 : 26 Acts 26 : 28 1 Peter 4 : 16