The Church in 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, ^(I)proclaiming the good news of 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 Now the ^[d]news about them ^[e]reached the ears of the church at Jerusalem, and they sent ^(L)Barnabas off ^[f]to ^(M)Antioch, ²³ who, when he arrived and saw ^(N)the grace of God, rejoiced and began to encourage them all with a purposeful 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 a ^(P)considerable crowd was ^[g]brought to the Lord. ²⁵ And he left for ^(Q)Tarsus to search for Saul; ²⁶ and when he found him, he brought him to ^(R)Antioch. And it happened that for an entire year they ^[h]met with the church and taught a considerable crowd. And ^(S)the disciples were first called ^(T)Christians in ^(U)Antioch.

²⁷ Now in those days, ^(V)some prophets came down from Jerusalem to ^(W)Antioch. ²⁸ And one of them named ^(X)Agabus stood up and indicated ^[i]by the Spirit that there was going to be a great famine ^(Y)all over the ^[j]world. ^[k]And this took place in the reign of ^(Z)Claudius. ²⁹ And as any of ^(AA)the disciples had means, each of them determined to send a contribution for the service of ^(AB)the brothers living in Judea. ^30 (AC)And this they did, sending it ^[l]in charge of ^(AD)Barnabas and Saul to the ^(AE)elders.

On Cyprus

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

³ And 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 And some of ^(A)the disciples from ^(B)Caesarea also came with us, taking us to Mnason of ^(C)Cyprus, an ^(D)early disciple with whom we were to lodge.

⁴ And from there we set sail and sailed under the shelter of ^(A)Cyprus because ^(B)the winds were against us.