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The Church at Antioch in Syria Acts 11:19 - 11:30 '''Golden Text: The hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord. Acts 11:21

11:19. Now they who had been dispersed by the persecution that arose on occasion of Stephen went about as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the Word only to the Jews.

11:20. But some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they entered into Antioch, spoke also to the Greeks, preaching the Lord Jesus.

11:21. The hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and they were converted to the Lord.

11:22. Word of this came to the ears of the Church that was in Jerusalem, concerning these things: and they sent Barnabas as far as Antioch.

'''11:23. When Barnabas came and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced. He exhorted them all with purpose of heart to continue in the Lord.'''

'''11:24. For he was a good man and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. A great multitude was added to the Lord.'''

11:25. Barnabas went to Tarsus to seek Saul: whom, when he had found, he brought to Antioch.

11:26. They conversed there in the church a whole year: and they taught a great multitude, so that at Antioch the disciples were first named Christians.

11:27. In these days there prophets from Jerusalem came to Antioch.

11:28. One of them named Agabus, rising up, signified by the Spirit that there should be a great famine over the whole world, which came to pass under Claudius.

11:29. The disciples, every man according to his ability, purposed to send relief to the brethren who dwelt in Judea,

11:30. which they did, sending it to the ancients, by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.

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