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Acts 11:19

James Moffatt - New Testament

Now those who had been scattered by the trouble which arose over Stephen made their way as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, but they preached the word to none except Jews.

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as we found a ship there bound for Phoenicia, we went on board and set sail.

Paul and Barnabas, however, stayed on in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord along with a number of others.

Then the apostles and the presbyters, together with the whole church, decided to select some of their number and send them with Paul and Barnabas to Antioch. The men selected were Judas (called Bar-Sabbas) and Silas, prominent members of the brotherhood.

The church sped them on their journey, and they passed through both Phoenicia and Syria informing the brothers, to the great joy of all, that the Gentiles were turning to God.

Thus Joseph, who was surnamed Barnabas or (as it may be translated) 'Son of Encouragement' by the apostles, a Levite of Cypriote birth,

But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face. The man stood self-condemned.

accompanied by some of the disciples from Caesarea, who conducted us to the house of Mnason, a Cypriote, with whom we were to lodge. He was a disciple of old standing.

he reached Caesarea, went up to the capital to salute the church, and travelled down to Antioch.

So in irritation they parted company, Barnabas taking Mark with him and sailing for Cyprus,

So Paul and Barnabas spoke out fearlessly. "The word of God," they said, "had to be spoken to you in the first instance; but as you push it aside and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, well, here we turn to the Gentiles!

Sent out thus by the holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia and from there they sailed to Cyprus.

Now in the local church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers, Barnabas, Symeon (called Niger) and Lucius the Cyrenian, besides Manaen (a foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch) and Saul.

It was for you first that God raised up his Servant, and sent him to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways."

The Jews said to themselves, "Where is he going, that we will not find him? Is he off to the Dispersion among the Greeks, to teach the Greeks?

rather make your way to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

This plan commended itself to the whole body, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the holy Spirit, Philip, Prochorus, Nikanor, Timon, Parmenas and Nikolaos a proselyte from Antioch;

Some of them, however, were Cypriotes and Cyrenians, who on reaching Antioch told the Greeks also the gospel of the Lord Jesus;

The news of this reached the church in Jerusalem, and they despatched Barnabas to Antioch.

thence they sailed for Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had now completed.

When the messengers were despatched, they went down to Antioch and after gathering the whole body they handed them the letter.




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