{Some manuscripts add this verse} But Silas decided to stay on [at Antioch].
Acts 11:25 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) Then he went on to Tarsus to look for Saul [Note: Tarsus was the home town of Saul, who was later called Paul], More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [Barnabas] went on to Tarsus to hunt for Saul. American Standard Version (1901) And he went forth to Tarsus to seek for Saul; Common English Bible Barnabas went to Tarsus in search of Saul. Catholic Public Domain Version Then Barnabas set out for Tarsus, so that he might seek Saul. And when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Barnabas went to Tarsus to seek Saul: whom, when he had found, he brought to Antioch. |
{Some manuscripts add this verse} But Silas decided to stay on [at Antioch].
Paul answered, “[No], I am a Jew from Tarsus, in Cilicia, a citizen of an important city, and I beg you to allow me to speak to these people.”
And Joseph, who was called by the apostles, Barnabas (which means “son of encouragement”), was a descendant of the Jewish tribe of Levi, whose family originated from [the island of] Cyprus.
The Lord said to him, “Get up and go to Straight Street and ask for a person named Saul, from Tarsus, at the home of Judas; you will find him [there] praying.”
So, Barnabas brought him to the [other] apostles and explained to them how he had seen the Lord [while] traveling on the road [to Damascus] and how he had boldly preached in the name of Jesus in that city.
And when the brothers [in the Jerusalem church] learned about this, they brought him down to Caesarea and then sent him on to Tarsus, [his home town].