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Were disciples the same as Christians according to Acts 11:26?

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Acts 11:

26b So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught great numbers of people. The disciples [G3101] were called Christians first at Antioch.
Strong's Greek: 3101. μαθητής (mathétés) — 263 Occurrences

Can someone be a Christian who does not consider themselves a disciple?

Not in Paul's time, disciples and Christians were synonyms.

What are the actions/attitudes that you would expect from a disciple?

John 14:

25Now great crowds accompanied him, and he turned and said to them, 26“If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. 27Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. >33 So therefore, any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.
A disciple follows Jesus and does what he did. Interestingly the word "disciple" is rarely used by anyone except by Jesus and Luke in the NT. Paul never used the word. The word μαθητής is not in LXX at all.
 

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The word μαθητής is not in LXX at all.
The LXX is the Old Testament. I wouldn't expect a word used only by Jesus and Luke to be found there.
Perhaps you could check to see if "disciple" is used in any other OT version (KJV, NIV, etc)
 
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Our church talks about discipling people so that they become followers. Bringing them up to speed on sound doctrine, showing Christ is God and teaching us how to defend ourselves so we stay Christians. Then they are fed every week and encouraged and prayed for and continue in the faith.
 
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