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Thematic Bible



The fugitives from the persecution that had broken out over Stephen went all the way to Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, but they told the message to none but Jews.

and found him and brought him to Antioch. The result was that for a whole year they met with the church, and taught large numbers of people, and it was at Antioch that the disciples first came to be known as Christians.

There were at Antioch in the church there a number of prophets and teachers??arnabas, Symeon who was called Niger, Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen, who had been brought up with Herod the governor, and Saul.

and from there they sailed back to Antioch, where they had first been commended to God's favor for the work which they had now finished.

Then the apostles and elders with the whole church resolved to select representatives and send them with Paul and Barnabas to Antioch. They were Judas who was called Barsabbas, and Silas, both leading men among the brothers.

So the delegates went down to Antioch and gathered the congregation together and delivered the letter;

When he reached Caesarea, he went up to Jerusalem and paid his respects to the church, and then went on to Antioch.