The Church at Antioch

^19 (A)So then those who were scattered because of the ^[a]persecution that occurred in connection with Stephen made their way ^[b]to ^(B)Phoenicia and ^(C)Cyprus and ^(D)Antioch, speaking the word to no one except to Jews alone. ²⁰ But there were some of them, men of ^(E)Cyprus and ^(F)Cyrene, who came to ^(G)Antioch and began speaking to the ^[c](H)Greeks also, ^[d](I)preaching the Lord Jesus. ²¹ And ^(J)the hand of the Lord was with them, and ^(K)a large number who believed turned to the Lord. ²² The ^[e]news about them ^[f]reached the ears of the church at Jerusalem, and they sent ^(L)Barnabas off ^[g]to ^(M)Antioch. ²³ Then when he arrived and ^[h]witnessed ^(N)the grace of God, he rejoiced and began to encourage them all with ^[i]resolute heart to remain true to the Lord; ²⁴ for he was a good man, and ^(O)full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And ^(P)considerable ^[j]numbers were ^[k]brought to the Lord. ²⁵ And he left for ^(Q)Tarsus to look for Saul; ²⁶ and when he had found him, he brought him to ^(R)Antioch. And for an entire year they ^[l]met with the church and taught considerable ^[m]numbers; and ^(S)the disciples were first called ^(T)Christians in ^(U)Antioch.

²⁷ Now ^[n]at this time ^(V)some prophets came down from Jerusalem to ^(W)Antioch. ²⁸ One of them named ^(X)Agabus stood up and began to indicate ^[o]by the Spirit that there would certainly be a great famine ^(Y)all over the ^[p]world. ^[q]And this took place in the reign of ^(Z)Claudius. ²⁹ And in the proportion that any of ^(AA)the disciples had means, each of them determined to send a contribution for the ^[r]relief of ^(AB)the brethren living in Judea. ^30 (AC)And this they did, sending it ^[s]in charge of ^(AD)Barnabas and Saul to the ^(AE)elders.

⁴ So, being ^(A)sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia and from there they sailed to ^(B)Cyprus.

³⁹ And there occurred such a sharp disagreement that they separated from one another, and Barnabas took ^(A)Mark with him and sailed away to ^(B)Cyprus.

³ When we came in sight of ^(A)Cyprus, leaving it on the left, we kept sailing to ^(B)Syria and landed at ^(C)Tyre; for there the ship was to unload its cargo.

¹⁶ Some of ^(A)the disciples from ^(B)Caesarea also came with us, taking us to Mnason of ^(C)Cyprus, a ^(D)disciple of long standing with whom we were to lodge.

⁴ From there we put out to sea and sailed under the shelter of ^(A)Cyprus because ^(B)the winds were contrary.