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Acts 11:19

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Some of the believers who’d been scattered by the attacks that started after Stephen was killed traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, spreading the word among Jews.

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We found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, so we went on board and headed out to sea.

Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch, where they and many others taught and preached the word of the Lord.

Then the apostles, elders, and the whole church decided to choose some of their own men and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas Barsabbas and Silas, who were leaders among the believers.

The church sent them on their way, and as they traveled through Phoenicia and Samaria, they told how the Gentiles had turned to God. This news made all the believers very glad.

One person who did this was Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus. The apostles called him Barnabas, which means Son of Encouragement.

But when Peter came to Antioch, I challenged him directly, because he was clearly wrong.

Some of the disciples from Caesarea went with us. They brought us to Mnason’s home, where we were going to stay. Mnason was from Cyprus and was one of the first disciples.

When he landed at Caesarea, he went up to Jerusalem and greeted the church, and then he went down to Antioch.

Barnabas and Paul disagreed about this so much that they went separate ways. Barnabas took Mark and sailed for Cyprus.

Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly. “We had to speak God’s word to you first,” they said. “But you haven’t accepted it, as if you think you don’t deserve eternal life. So we’re going to talk to the Gentiles from now on.

Barnabas and Saul, sent on their way by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus.

In the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers. Among them were Barnabas, Simeon (also called Niger), Lucius from Cyrene, and Manaen, who’d been brought up with Herod, the ruler of Galilee. Saul was among them too.

When God raised up his servant Jesus, he sent him to you first. That was to bless you and turn you each away from doing wrong.”

The Jews asked each other, “Where is this man planning to go, if we won’t be able to find him there? Will he go to where our people are living scattered among the Greeks, and will he teach the Greeks there?

Instead, go to the lost sheep of Israel.

This plan pleased everyone. They chose Stephen, a man who was full of faith and of the Holy Spirit. They also chose Philip, Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from Antioch, who was a convert to the Jewish faith.

But other believers from Cyprus and Cyrene went to Antioch and began to speak to Greeks also. They told them the good news about the Lord Jesus.

When the church in Jerusalem heard about this, they sent Barnabas to Antioch.

From Attalia they sailed back to Antioch, where they’d been placed in God’s care to do the work they’d now completed.

So the men went down to Antioch, gathered the church together there, and delivered the letter.




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