Acts 13:1
The church at Antioch had prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (the childhood friend of Herod the tetrarch), and Saul.
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Luke 3:1By now Tiberias had been Caesar for fifteen years. Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea. Herod was ruler of Galilee, his brother Philip was ruler of Iturea and Trachonitis, and Lysanius was ruler of Abiline.
Luke 13:31At that moment some Pharisees came to Jesus and told him, “You should leave here. Herod wants to kill you!”
Acts 4:36Joseph, the one the apostles called Barnabas (meaning “son of encouragement”), was a Levite, a Cypriot national.
Acts 9:1But meanwhile Saul was making violent threats against the disciples of the Lord, wanting to kill them. He went to the high priest
Acts 11:22News about what had happened reached the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch.
Acts 12:25Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem once they had finished their mission, taking John Mark with them.
Matthew Henry on Acts 13:1
We have not yet met with any things concerning the spreading of the gospel to the Gentiles which bears any proportion to the largeness of that commission, "Go, and disciple all nations." The door was opened in the baptizing of Cornelius and his friends; but since then we had the gospel preached to the Jews only, ch. xi. 19 . It should seem as if the light which began to shine upon the Gentile world had withdrawn itself. But here in this chapter that work, that great good work, is revived in the midst of the years;… Read the whole commentary →