Acts 11:20-30 ▼

20 And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene; who, indeed, having come to Antioch, were speaking to the Greeks also, publishing the glad tidings of the Lord Jesus.

21 And the hand of the Lord was with them; and a great number who believed turned to the Lord.

22 And the report concerning them came to the ears of the assembly which was in Jerusalem; and they sent forth Barnabas as far as Antioch;

23 who, having come, and having seen the grace of God, rejoiced, and was exhorting all that, with purpose of heart, they should cleave to the Lord;

24 because he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit, and of faith; and a great multitude was added to the Lord.

25 And he departed to Tarsus to seek for Saul;

26 and, having found him, he brought him to Antioch. And it came to pass that, even for a whole year, they met together in the assembly, and taught a great multitude; and that the disciples got the name "Christian" first in Antioch.

27 And in those days prophets came from Jerusalem to Antioch;

28 and one of them—Agabus by name—standing up, signified through the Spirit that there was about to be a great famine over all the inhabited earth; which, indeed, happened under Claudius.

29 And the disciples, according as any one of them was being prospered, determined, each of them, to send relief to the brethren dwelling in Judaea;

30 which also they did, sending it to the elders through the hands of Barnabas and Saul.