Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus "In Cilicia" to seek Saul; who had been sent thither by the brethren that he might escape the rage of the Grecians, who sought to slay him, ( Acts 9:29Acts 9:30 ) .
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Who, when he was come and had seen the grace of God, rejoiced. And he exhorted them all with purpose of heart to continue in the Lord.
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For he was a good man and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith. And a great multitude was added to the Lord.
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And Barnabas went to Tarsus to seek Saul: whom, when he had found, he brought to Antioch.
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And they conversed there in the church a whole year: and they taught a great multitude, so that at Antioch the disciples were first named Christians.
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And in these days there came prophets from Jerusalem to Antioch.