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Act 11:29. Μαθητῶν, each of the disciples) Luke does not say, of the Christians. At the commencement the name, disciples, continued the customary one among themselves: others distinguished them (the same persons) by the name, Christians, especially the more friendly lookers-on.-ὥρισαν, determined) They who determine, the more readily afterwards give effect to their determination: Act 11:30.-ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ, in Judea) The bounty of the believers at Antioch very much assured the Jews as to the reality of the conversion of the former.