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Some of these believers were people from Cyprus and Cyrene. When they came to Antioch, they spoke also to Greeks, telling them the Good News about the Lord Jesus.
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The Lord was helping the believers, and a large group of people believed and turned to the Lord.
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The church in Jerusalem heard about all of this, so they sent Barnabas to Antioch.
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Barnabas was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and full of faith. When he reached Antioch and saw how God had blessed the people, he was glad. He encouraged all the believers in Antioch always to obey the Lord with all their hearts, and many people became followers of the Lord.
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Then Barnabas went to the city of Tarsus to look for Saul,
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and when he found Saul, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year Saul and Barnabas met with the church and taught many people there. In Antioch the followers were called Christians for the first time.
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About that time some prophets came from Jerusalem to Antioch.
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One of them, named Agabus, stood up and spoke with the help of the Holy Spirit. He said, "A very hard time is coming to the whole world. There will be no food to eat." (This happened when Claudius ruled.)
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The believers all decided to help the followers who lived in Judea, as much as each one could.
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They gathered the money and gave it to Barnabas and Saul, who brought it to the elders in Judea.