Acts 11:24

Developments In The Church In Antioch

²³ When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he was glad and encouraged all of them to remain true to the Lord with a firm resolve of the heart, ²⁴ for he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And large numbers of people were added to the Lord. ²⁵ Then he went to Tarsus to search for Saul,

Added to the Church

Full of the Holy Spirit

Good Man

Holy Spirit

To the Lord

Large Crowd

Barnabas

Jesus

Messiah

Acts 5:14

Believers were added to the Lord in increasing numbers—crowds of both men and women.

Acts 11:21

The Lord’s hand was with them, and a large number who believed turned to the Lord.

Acts 6:5

The proposal pleased the whole company. So they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte from Antioch.

2 Samuel 18:27

The watchman said, “The way the first man runs looks to me like the way Ahimaaz son of Zadok runs.”

“This is a good man; he comes with good news,” the king commented.

Psalm 37:23

A man’s steps are established by the Lord,
and He takes pleasure in his way.

Psalm 112:5

Good will come to a man who lends generously
and conducts his business fairly.

Proverbs 12:2

The good person obtains favor from the Lord,
but He condemns a man who schemes.

Proverbs 13:22

A good man leaves an inheritance to his grandchildren,
but the sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous.

Proverbs 14:14

The disloyal one will get what his conduct deserves,
and a good man, what his deeds deserve.

Matthew 12:35

A good man produces good things from his storeroom of good, and an evil man produces evil things from his storeroom of evil.

Matthew 19:17

“Why do you ask Me about what is good?” He said to him. “There is only One who is good. If you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”

Luke 23:50

There was a good and righteous man named Joseph, a member of the Sanhedrin,

John 7:12

And there was a lot of discussion about Him among the crowds. Some were saying, “He’s a good man.” Others were saying, “No, on the contrary, He’s deceiving the people.”

Acts 6:3

Therefore, brothers, select from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Spirit and wisdom, whom we can appoint to this duty.

Acts 6:8

Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and signs among the people.

Acts 9:31

So the church throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace, being built up and walking in the fear of the Lord and in the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, and it increased in numbers.

Acts 24:16

I always do my best to have a clear conscience toward God and men.

Romans 5:7

For rarely will someone die for a just person—though for a good person perhaps someone might even dare to die.

Romans 15:15

Nevertheless, I have written to remind you more boldly on some points because of the grace given me by God