Acts 13:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

In the

Acts 11:22

Acts 14:26

Barnabas

Galatians 2:9

Lucius

Acts 11:20

Romans 16:21

Herod

Philippians 4:22

And saul

Acts 13:9

Acts 8:1

Acts 9:1

Bible References

In the

The news of this reached the church in Jerusalem, and they despatched Barnabas to Antioch.

thence they sailed for Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had now completed.

Barnabas

Thus Joseph, who was surnamed Barnabas or (as it may be translated) 'Son of Encouragement' by the apostles, a Levite of Cypriote birth,

The news of this reached the church in Jerusalem, and they despatched Barnabas to Antioch.

After fulfilling their commission, Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, bringing with them John who is surnamed Mark.

What! are we the only ones, myself and Barnabas, who are denied the right of abstaining from work for our living?

and when they recognized the grace I had been given, then the so-called 'pillars' of the church, James and Cephas and John, gave myself and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship. Our sphere was to be the Gentiles, theirs the circumcised.

Lucius

Some of them, however, were Cypriotes and Cyrenians, who on reaching Antioch told the Greeks also the gospel of the Lord Jesus;

Timotheus my fellow-worker salutes you; so do my fellow countrymen Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater.

Herod

At that time Herod the tetrarch heard about the fame of Jesus.

Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judaea, Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, Philip his brother tetrarch of the country of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysias tetrarch of Abilene,

Just then some Pharisees came up to tell him, "Get away from here, for Herod intends to kill you."

and ascertaining that he came under the jurisdiction of Herod, he remitted him to Herod, who himself was in Jerusalem during those days.

All the saints salute you, especially the Imperial slaves.

And saul

So Saul (who is also called Paul), filled with the holy Spirit, looked steadily at him

(Saul quite approved of his murder.) That day a severe persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and everyone, with the exception of the apostles, was scattered over Judaea and Samaria.

Meanwhile Saul still breathed threats of murder against the disciples of the Lord. He went to the high priest