The first usage of Christians for followers of Christ is recorded in the
Bible, Acts 11:25-26: “So Barnabus went to Tarsus to look for Saul; and
when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they
met with the church, and taught a large company of people; and in Antioch
the disciples were for the first time called Christians.” The word Christ
is from the Greek Christos, “the Anointed one.”