From Nave’s Topical Bible
Christian
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 3Passages listed
- 2Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- Believers calledActs 11:26Acts 26:281 Peter 4:16
- See Righteous
The passages, in Bible order (3)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 3 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Acts 11:26
and when he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. So for a full year they met together with the church and taught large numbers of people. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.
Commentary on Acts 11:262 voices
And the disciples were first called Christians at Antioch - Here it was that they first received this standing appellation. They were before termed Nazarenes and Galileans.
John Wesley· Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament, 1755Evangelical
A Christian, though not in every thing of our mind, should be loved and respected for his sake whose name he bears, because he belongs to Christ. [6.] Thus the scripture was fulfilled, for so it was written ( Isa. lxii. 2 ) concerning the gospel-church, Thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the Lord shall name.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710Puritan
- Acts 26:28
Then Agrippa said to Paul, “Can you persuade me in such a short time to become a Christian?”
Commentary on Acts 26:282 voices
The objection on which so much stress is laid, that the word "Christian" was at that time only a term of contempt, has no force except on the other side; for taking it in that view, the sense is, "Thou wilt soon have me one of that despised sect."
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871Reformed
Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian! - See here, Festus altogether a heathen, Paul alogether a Christian, Agrippa halting between both.
John Wesley· Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament, 1755Evangelical
- 1 Peter 4:16
But if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but glorify God that you bear that name.
Commentary on 1 Peter 4:162 voices
Yet if any man suffer as a Christian,.... Because he is one, and professes himself to be one.
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)Reformed
Yet if - as a Christian - If he be persecuted because he has embraced the Christian faith, let him not be ashamed, but let him rather glorify God on this very account. Christ suffered by the Jews because he was holy; Christians suffer because they resemble him. The word Χριστιανος, Christian, is used only here and in Act 11:26; Act 26:28. See the note on the Act 11:26 (note).
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical