The term is used 26 times in the book of Acts.
For instance:
The number of disciples was increasing. (6:1)
The Twelve gathered all the disciples together. (6:2)
Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord's disciples. (9:1)
In Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias. (9:10)
A disciple named Tabitha. (9:36)
A disciple named Timothy. (16:1)
The disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit. (13:52)
The disciples would not allow Paul to appear before the crowd. (19:30)
And 16 of the 26 come after this particular reference:
The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch. (11:26)
The word "Christian" only appears here and one other time in Acts (26:28) and once in 1 Peter (4:16).
So ... a couple of questions: Why do we in modern times refer to ourselves almost exclusively as "Christians" and so seldom as "disciples"?
How did "disciple" fall out of use?
And what did we lose when we lost the term "disciple"?
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