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The Spirit Explodes Part 12 of 22 Opening the door to the Gentiles (Acts 12:26–13:41) by Roger Kirby As we noted in the last study, in the sometimes surprising purposes of God, the gospel was to go to all nations, as promised to Abraham long ago. It is now clear that Antioch was to be the centre of this great movement. Acts 12:25–Acts 13:3. The 5 named leaders in the church in Antioch were a Jew from a priestly family in Cyprus, a black African, a North African Arab (probably), a boyhood friend of Herod, and a Hellenistic Jew. Question 1: What does that tell us about the early church? How does your church compare with this? Acts 13:4–12 Question 2: What reasons can there possibly be for this? Where should we expect most conflict to come from and where will it not come from? Acts 13:13–16 Question 3: How do we expect a preacher to establish contact with his audience? Acts 13:17–25 Question 4: In which direction? What would he have said to  “spin” it in the other direction? What would have been the