SECTION  II  D  (=  Ch.  11.  19-26)
The  Acta  of  the  Hellenists

and  foundcUion  of  the  church  at  Antioch

8.  Luke  once  more  returns  to  the  death  of  Stephen,  that  is,  to
l^ose  Hellenists  who  were  scattered  abroad  in  viii  4 ;  and  the  work  of
Barnabas  here  corresponds  to  that  of  Philip  in  ch.  viii,  both  together
flanking  the  central  narratives  about  Saul  ana  S.  Peter.   S.  Luke  retraces

^  e.g.  ep.  X  19,  20  (xi  12)  /  [tfu  Spirit]  have  tent  them  with  ix  11, 17  the  Lord
hedh  Bent  me,  even  Jenu,  Compare  also  the  double  viBions  to  Peter  and  Comelins,
Saul  and  Ananias :  the  similar  dialogue :  the  answer  to  the  prayert  of  CornelioB
and  of  Saul  (ix  11,  x  30) :  the  baptism  of  both,  who  are  £i\ed  with  the  Spirit
(ix  17-8,  X  44-8) :  the  crisis  at  midday  (ix  8,  xxTi  13,  and  x  9) :  the  word  ve$ul
(iz  15.  X  11)  etc.
11—2


164  THE  CHURCH  REACHES  xi  19

his  steps  beoause  this  is  the  main  line  of  connexion  with  the  fature
work.  And  in  these  few  verses  four  important  points  are  brought  out.
(1)  The  church  of  Antioch  is  founded — the  second  mother  city  or
metropolis  of  the  church,  from  which  issued  the  great  missionary
movement  in  the  Roman  empire.  (2)  For  Antioch  itself  was  the
scene  of  the  first  preaching  to  the  Gentiles  on  a  considerable  scale,
and  this  preaching  receives  the  sanction  of  the  church  of  Jerusalem.
CS)  Saul  is  brought  back  into  the  history.  (4)  The  church  for  the
nrst  time  attracts  the  notice  of  the  Graeco-Roman  world.
