Acts 11:20
20Wereἦσανhoweverδέsomeτινεςofἐξthemαὐτῶνmenἄνδρεςof CyprusΚύπριοιandκαὶof CyreneΚυρηναῖοι,whoοἵτινεςhaving comeἐλθόντεςintoεἰςAntiochἈντιόχειανwere speakingἐλάλουνalsoκαὶtoπρὸςtheτοὺςHellenistsἙλληνιστάς,proclaiming the gospelεὐαγγελιζόμενοιtheτὸνLordκύριονJesusἸησοῦν.
But some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, having come into Antioch, were speaking also to the Hellenists, proclaiming the gospel—the Lord Jesus.
Vocab difficulty
51.1
Rare words
Κύπριοι
Κύπριος
a Cypriote, belonging to Cyprus.
Ἑλληνιστάς
Ἑλληνιστής
a Hellenist, Grecian Jew, a Greek-speaking Jew, that is one who can speak Greek only and not Hebrew (or Aramaic).