Acts 11:21-30

21 And ¹the hand of the Lord was with them, and ²a large number who believed turned to the Lord.

22 The news about them reached the ears of the church at Jerusalem, and they sent ³Barnabas off to ⁴Antioch.

23 Then when he arrived and witnessed ⁵the grace of God, he rejoiced and began to encourage them all with resolute heart to remain true to the Lord;

24 for he was a good man, and ⁶full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And ⁷considerable numbers were brought to the Lord.

25 And he left for ⁸Tarsus to look for Saul;

26 and when he had found him, he brought him to ⁹Antioch. And for an entire year they met with the church and taught considerable numbers; and ¹⁰the disciples were first called ¹¹Christians in ¹²Antioch.

27 Now at this time ¹³some prophets came down from Jerusalem to ¹⁴Antioch.

28 One of them named ¹⁵Agabus stood up and began to indicate by the Spirit that there would certainly be a great famine ¹⁶all over the world. And this took place in the reign of ¹⁷Claudius.

29 And in the proportion that any of ¹⁸the disciples had means, each of them determined to send a contribution for the relief of ¹⁹the brethren living in Judea.

30 ²⁰And this they did, sending it in charge * of ²¹Barnabas and Saul to the ²²elders.

Cross References

• 1. Luke 1:66
• 2. Acts 2:47
• 3. Acts 4:36
• 4. Acts 6:5; Acts 11:19, 20, 27; Acts 13:1; Acts 18:22; Galatians 2:11
• 5. Acts 13:43; Acts 14:26; Acts 15:40; Acts 20:24, 32
• 6. Acts 2:4
• 7. Acts 2:47; Acts 5:14; Acts 11:21
• 8. Acts 9:11
• 9. Acts 6:5; Acts 11:20, 22, 27
• 10. John 2:2; Acts 1:15
• 11. Acts 26:28; 1 Peter 4:16
• 12. Acts 6:5; Acts 11:20, 22, 27
• 13. Luke 11:49; Acts 2:17; Acts 13:1; 1 Corinthians 12:10, 28
• 14. Acts 6:5; Acts 11:20, 22, 26; Acts 13:1; Acts 14:26; Acts 15:22f, 30, 35; Acts 18:22; Galatians 2:11
• 15. Acts 21:10
• 16. Matthew 24:14
• 17. Acts 18:2
• 18. John 2:2; Acts 1:15; Acts 6:1; Acts 9:19, 25, 26, 38; Acts 11:26; Acts 13:52; Acts 14:20, 22, 28
• 19. Acts 11:1
• 20. Acts 12:25
• 21. Acts 4:36
• 22. Acts 14:23; Acts 15:2, 4, 6, 22; Acts 16:4; Acts 20:17; Acts 21:18; 1 Timothy 5:17, 19; Titus 1:5; James 5:14; 1 Peter 5:1; 2 John 1; 3 John 1

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "word"
• [b] Lit "was heard in"
• [c] Lit "as far as"
• [d] Lit "saw"
• [e] Lit "purpose of heart"
• [f] Lit "crowd was"
• [g] Lit "added"
• [h] Or "were gathered together"
• [i] Lit "crowd"
• [j] Lit "in these days"
• [k] Or "through"
• [l] Lit "inhabited earth"
• [m] Lit "which"
• [n] Lit "service"
• [o] Lit "by the hand of"