Acts 11:19–30

The Church at Antioch

^19aSo then those who were scattered because of the ¹persecution that occurred in connection with Stephen made their way ²to ^bPhoenicia and ^cCyprus and ^dAntioch, speaking the word to no one except to Jews alone.

²⁰But there were some of them, men of ^aCyprus and ^bCyrene, who came to ^cAntioch and began speaking to the ^1dGreeks also, ^2epreaching the Lord Jesus.

²¹And ^athe hand of the Lord was with them, and ^ba large number who believed turned to the Lord.

²²The ¹news about them ²reached the ears of the church at Jerusalem, and they sent ^aBarnabas off ³to ^bAntioch.

²³Then when he arrived and ¹witnessed ^athe grace of God, he rejoiced and began to encourage them all with ²resolute heart to remain true to the Lord;

²⁴for he was a good man, and ^afull of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And ^bconsiderable ¹numbers were ²brought to the Lord.

²⁵And he left for ^aTarsus to look for Saul;

²⁶and when he had found him, he brought him to ^aAntioch. And for an entire year they ¹met with the church and taught considerable ²numbers; and ^bthe disciples were first called ^cChristians in Antioch.

²⁷Now ¹at this time ^asome prophets came down from Jerusalem to ^bAntioch.

²⁸One of them named ^aAgabus stood up and began to indicate ¹by the Spirit that there would certainly be a great famine ^ball over the ²world. ³And this took place in the reign of ^cClaudius.

²⁹And in the proportion that any of ^athe disciples had means, each of them determined to send a contribution for the ¹relief of ^bthe brethren living in Judea.

^30aAnd this they did, sending it ¹in charge of ^bBarnabas and Saul to the ^celders.