Acts 11:25

Then Barnabas went on to Tarsus to look for Saul,

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In The King James Version

Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul:

In Context

24Barnabas was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit, who put his whole trust in God. Many people were brought to the Lord.

26and when he found him, he took Saul back with him to Antioch. Over the course of the next year they worked together with the church, teaching the message to crowds of people. It was in Antioch that the believers were first called “Christians.”

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Cross References

Acts 9:11“Get up, and go to Straight Street,” the Lord told him. “Ask at Judas' house for someone called Saul, from Tarsus. He's praying.

Acts 9:30When the brothers learned of this they took him to Caesarea, and sent him to Tarsus.

Acts 21:39“I am a Jew, a citizen of Tarsus in Cilicia, an important city,” Paul replied. “Please let me talk 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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