Acts 11:17-22

New International Version

¹⁷ So if God gave them the same gift^(A) he gave us^(B) who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to think that I could stand in God’s way?”

¹⁸ When they heard this, they had no further objections and praised God, saying, “So then, even to Gentiles God has granted repentance that leads to life.”^(C)

The Church in Antioch

¹⁹ Now those who had been scattered by the persecution that broke out when Stephen was killed^(D) traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus and Antioch,^(E) spreading the word only among Jews. ²⁰ Some of them, however, men from Cyprus^(F) and Cyrene,^(G) went to Antioch^(H) and began to speak to Greeks also, telling them the good news^(I) about the Lord Jesus. ²¹ The Lord’s hand was with them,^(J) and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.^(K)

²² News of this reached the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas^(L) to Antioch.