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For he was a good man, and was full of the Holy Spirit and of faith; and the number of believers in the Lord greatly increased.
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Then Barnabas paid a visit to Tarsus to try to find Saul.
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He succeeded, and brought him to Antioch; and for a whole year they attended the meetings of the Church, and taught a large number of people. And it was in Antioch that the disciples first received the name of `Christians.'
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At that time certain Prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch,
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one of whom, named Agabus, being instructed by the Spirit, publicly predicted the speedy coming of a great famine throughout the world. (It came in the reign of Claudius.)
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So the disciples decided to send relief, every one in proportion to his means, to the brethren living in Judaea.
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This they did, forwarding their contributions to the Elders by Barnabas and Saul.