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Acts 11:22

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11:22A report54 about them came to the attention55 of the church in Jerusalem,56 and they sent Barnabas57 to Antioch.58

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  1. 54 Grk “Word.”
  2. 55 Grk “was heard in the ears,” an idiom. L&N 24.67 states that the idiom means “to hear in secret” (which it certainly does in Matt 10:27), but secrecy does not seem to be part of the context here, and there is no particular reason to suggest the report was made in secret.
  3. 56 For location see ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; .
  4. 57 Most read the infinitive “to travel” after “Barnabas.” διελθεῖν (dielthein) is found before ἕως (heōs) in D E Ψ 33 𝔐 and some versional . It is lacking in 𝔓74 א A B 81 1739 and some versional . Although the infinitive with ἕως fits Lukan style, it has the appearance of a scribal clarification. The infinitive has the earmarks of a Western expansion on the text and thus is unlikely to be original. has the infinitive in brackets, indicating doubt as to its authenticity.
  5. 58 Antioch was a city in Syria (not Antioch in Pisidia). See the note in . Again the Jerusalem church exercised an oversight role.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The report of this came to the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

News of this reached the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

News about them reached the church in Jerusalem, and they sent out Barnabas to travel as far as Antioch.

NLTNew Living Translation

When the church at Jerusalem heard what had happened, they sent Barnabas to Antioch.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And the report came to the attention of the church that was in Jerusalem about them, and they sent out Barnabas as far as Antioch,

KJV 1900King James Version

Then tidings of these things came unto the ears of the church which was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth Barnabas, that he should go as far as Antioch.