Acts:11:19-30
riversident@Acts:11:19 @ 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.
riversident@Acts:11:20 @ 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.
riversident@Acts:11:21 @ The hand of the Lord was with them, and a large number believed and turned to the Lord.
riversident@Acts:11:22 @ Word came to the ears of the church in Jerusalem regarding these men, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch.
riversident@Acts:11:23 @ When he arrived and saw the grace of God he was delighted, and he encouraged all to be firmly faithful to the Lord.
riversident@Acts:11:24 @ For he was a good man and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. A considerable number were added to the Lord.
riversident@Acts:11:25 @ Barnabas went away to Tarsus to look up Saul,
riversident@Acts:11:26 @ 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."
riversident@Acts:11:27 @ In those days some prophets went down from Jerusalem to Antioch.
riversident@Acts:11:28 @ 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. (note:)It happened in the time of Claudius.(:note)
riversident@Acts:11:29 @ Then the disciples determined, each according to his means, to send something for the help of the brethren who were living in Judaea.
riversident@Acts:11:30 @ This they did, sending it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.
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