Acts 11:26
And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.
Cross-reference
Acts 11:19 recounts the scattering that brought the gospel to Antioch; here Barnabas and Saul arrive to teach the new believers for a year.
Acts 13:1 names the Antioch prophets and teachers, including Barnabas and Saul — the same church where disciples were first called Christians.
Acts 13:2 describes the Holy Spirit commissioning Barnabas and Saul from Antioch, immediately following their year of teaching there.
Acts 14:27 reports their return to Antioch after the first missionary journey — completing the cycle that started with their teaching there.
Acts 26:28 records the same term 'Christian' used by Agrippa, demonstrating its early adoption beyond Antioch.
Acts 14:26 records Paul and Barnabas returning to Antioch, the same city where they first taught and disciples were called Christians.
Acts 14:28 notes they stayed a long time with the disciples, echoing the whole year of teaching with the church in Acts 11:26.
1 Peter 4:16 uses the term 'Christian' directly, the same name first given in Antioch as recorded in Acts 11:26.
Isaiah 62:2 prophesies a new name for God's people; here disciples are first called 'Christians', likely fulfilling that.
Galatians 1:21 mentions Paul in Syria and Cilicia; Acts 11:26 places him teaching in Antioch (Syria) during that time.
1 Peter 4:14 speaks of being insulted for the name of Christ, the name that believers were first given in Antioch.
Isaiah 65:15 prophesies God's servants being called by another name, which may be fulfilled in the naming of Christians.