Acts 11:25
New International Version
Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul,

New Living Translation
Then Barnabas went on to Tarsus to look for Saul.

English Standard Version
So Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul,

Berean Standard Bible
Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul,

Berean Literal Bible
And he went forth to Tarsus to seek Saul,

King James Bible
Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul:

New King James Version
Then Barnabas departed for Tarsus to seek Saul.

New American Standard Bible
And he left for Tarsus to look for Saul;

NASB 1995
And he left for Tarsus to look for Saul;

NASB 1977
And he left for Tarsus to look for Saul;

Legacy Standard Bible
And he left for Tarsus to search for Saul;

Amplified Bible
And Barnabas left for Tarsus to search for Saul;

Christian Standard Bible
Then he went to Tarsus to search for Saul,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then he went to Tarsus to search for Saul,

American Standard Version
And he went forth to Tarsus to seek for Saul;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he was going to Tarsus to seek Shaul;

Contemporary English Version
Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Barnabas went to Tarsus to seek Saul: whom, when he had found, he brought to Antioch.

English Revised Version
And he went forth to Tarsus to seek for Saul:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then Barnabas left Antioch to go to the city of Tarsus to look for Saul.

Good News Translation
Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul.

International Standard Version
Then Barnabas left for Tarsus to look for Saul.

Literal Standard Version
And Barnabas went forth to Tarsus, to seek for Saul,

Majority Standard Bible
Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul,

New American Bible
Then he went to Tarsus to look for Saul,

NET Bible
Then Barnabas departed for Tarsus to look for Saul,

New Revised Standard Version
Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul,

New Heart English Bible
Barnabas went out to Tarsus to look for Saul.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then Barnabas departed to Tarsus, to seek Saul:

Weymouth New Testament
Then Barnabas paid a visit to Tarsus to try to find Saul.

World English Bible
Barnabas went out to Tarsus to look for Saul.

Young's Literal Translation
And Barnabas went forth to Tarsus, to seek for Saul,

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Context
The Church at Antioch
24Barnabas was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord. 25Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul, 26and when he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. So for a full year they met together with the church and taught large numbers of people. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.…

Cross References
Acts 4:36
Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas (meaning Son of Encouragement),

Acts 9:11
"Get up!" the Lord told him. "Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying.


Treasury of Scripture

Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul:

to Tarsus.

Acts 9:11,27,30
And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth, …

Acts 21:39
But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.

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Acts 11
1. Peter, being accused for preaching to the Gentiles,
5. makes his defense;
18. which is accepted.
19. The gospel being spread in Phoenicia, and Cyprus, and Antioch,
22. Barnabas is sent to confirm them.
26. The disciples are first called Christians at Antioch.
27. They send relief to the brothers in Judea in time of famine.














(25) Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus.--The act is every way significant. It indicates the assurance that Saul would approve of the work which had been going on at Antioch, and the confident belief that he was the right person to direct and organise it. It probably implies also some intercourse with the Apostle, by letter or message, since his departure from Jerusalem. In the absence of any direct record, we can only infer that Saul had remained at Tarsus, carrying on his occupation as a tent-maker (Acts 18:3), and preaching the gospel there and in the neighbouring cities of Cilicia (see Note on Acts 15:41) "to the Jew first and also to the Gentile." It is clear that he must have heard of the grace of God that had been manifested at Antioch with great joy, and accepted the invitation to join in the work there with a ready gladness.

Verse 25. - And he went forth for then departed Barnabas, A.V. and T.R.; to seek for, for for to seek, A.V. Observe the remarkable providence which had made use of the violence of the Hellenist Jews at Jerusalem to drive Saul to Tarsus, where he would be close at hand to take up the work so unexpectedly prepared for him at Antioch. "It was in the spring of the year A.D. , or just ten years after the Crucifixion, that Barnabas proceeded to Tarsus, found Saul, and brought him to Antioch" (Lewin, 1:96). From Seleucia to the port of Tarsus would be about a twelve hours' sail; or, by land, a journey of about eighty miles would bring him to Tarsus from Antioch.

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Greek
Then
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

[Barnabas] went
Ἐξῆλθεν (Exēlthen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1831: To go out, come out. From ek and erchomai; to issue.

to
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

Tarsus
Ταρσὸν (Tarson)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 5019: Tarsus, the capital of the Roman province Cilicia. Perhaps the same as tarsos; Tarsus, a place in Asia Minor.

to look for
ἀναζητῆσαι (anazētēsai)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's 327: To seek out, search for (implying the difficulty of the task). From ana and zeteo; to search out.

Saul,
Σαῦλον (Saulon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 4569: Saul, the apostle. Of Hebrew origin, the same as Saoul; Saulus, the Jewish name of Paul.


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