Acts:11:19-30

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* Then those who had been scattered by the trouble that arose over Stephen , traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch ; but they preached the word to none except Jews . * Some of them , however , were Cyprians and Cyrenaeans , who , on reaching Antioch , began to tell the Greeks also the Good News concerning the Lord Jesus . * The hand of the Lord was with them , and a great number who believed turned to the Lord . * When news of this reached the ears of the church at Jerusalem , they sent Barnabas as far as Antioch . * When he arrived , and saw the grace of God , he was glad , and he encouraged them all to remain faithful to the Lord , with full purpose of heart ; * for he was a good man , and full of faith and the Holy Spirit . And a great multitude was added to the Lord . * Then Barnabas visited Tarsus , to try to find Saul , * and when he had found him he brought him to Antioch , where for a whole year they were guests of the church , and taught many people . And it was in Antioch that the disciples first received the name of "Christians ." * At that time some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch . * One of them , who was Agabus , rose up , and being instructed by the Spirit , predicted that a great famine was about to come upon the whole inhabited earth . (It came in the reign of Claudius .) * So the disciples decided to send relief , every man according to his means , to the brothers in Judea . * This they did , forwarding their contributions to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul .

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