Acts 11:25

And Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul,

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul:

In Context

24for he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a great many people were added to the Lord.

26and having found him, he brought him to Antioch. And it came about that for a whole year they assembled with the church and instructed many people. And the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.

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Cross References

Acts 9:11And the Lord said to him, “Arise and go to Straight Street, and seek out in the house of Judas a man named Saul, of Tarsus; for behold, he is praying.

Acts 9:30But the brothers, learning about it, brought him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.

Acts 21:39But Paul said, “I am a Jew from Tarsus of Cilicia, a citizen of no obscure city; and I request of you, permit me to speak to the people.”

Matthew Henry on Acts 11:20-27

The Gospel Preached at Antioch; Success of the Gospel at Antioch; Barnabas at Antioch. 19 Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only. 20 And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, which, when they were come to Antioch, spake unto the Grecians, preaching the Lord Jesus. 21 And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord. 22… Read the whole commentary →

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