Acts:11:19-30
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Those who were scattered abroad by the persecution that arose in connection with Stephen went as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch ,
telling the message to none but Jews .
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Some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene ,
and they on reaching Antioch spoke also to the Greeks ,
telling them the good news of the Lord Jesus .
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The hand of the Lord was with them ,
and a large number believed and turned to the Lord .
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Word came to the ears of the church in Jerusalem regarding these men ,
and they sent Barnabas to Antioch .
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When he arrived and saw the grace of God he was delighted ,
and he encouraged all to be firmly faithful to the Lord .
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For he was a good man and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith .
A considerable number were added to the Lord .
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Barnabas went away to Tarsus to look up Saul ,
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and upon finding him he brought him to Antioch .
For a whole year they met with the church and taught a large company ,
and it was in Antioch that the disciples were first called "
Christians ."
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In those days some prophets went down from Jerusalem to Antioch .
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One of them named Agabus arose and foretold through the Holy Spirit that a great famine was going to occur over all the inhabited world . (
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It happened in the time of Claudius .(:
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Then the disciples determined ,
each according to his means ,
to send something for the help of the brethren who were living in Judaea .
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This they did ,
sending it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul .
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