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This they did, sending their gift to the elders by Barnabas and Saul.
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The night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries stood guard at the entrance.
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Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know without a doubt that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from Herod’s clutches and from everything the Jewish people were hoping would happen.”
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Barnabas and Saul Sent Off
When Barnabas and Saul had finished their mission, they returned from Jerusalem, taking with them John, also called Mark.
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So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off.
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On Cyprus
The two of them, sent on their way by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus.
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who was an attendant of the proconsul, Sergius Paulus. The proconsul, an intelligent man, sent for Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God.
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After the reading from the Law and the Prophets, the leaders of the synagogue sent word to them, saying, “Brothers, if you have a word of exhortation for the people, please speak.”
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“Fellow children of Abraham and you God-fearing Gentiles, it is to us that this message of salvation has been sent.
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Though they found no proper ground for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have him executed.
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The church sent them on their way, and as they traveled through Phoenicia and Samaria, they told how the Gentiles had been converted. This news made all the believers very glad.
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The Council’s Letter to Gentile Believers
Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to choose some of their own men and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas (called Barsabbas) and Silas, men who were leaders among the believers.
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With them they sent the following letter: The apostles and elders, your brothers, To the Gentile believers in Antioch, Syria and Cilicia: Greetings.
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So we all agreed to choose some men and send them to you with our dear friends Barnabas and Paul—
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Therefore we are sending Judas and Silas to confirm by word of mouth what we are writing.
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So the men were sent off and went down to Antioch, where they gathered the church together and delivered the letter.
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After spending some time there, they were sent off by the believers with the blessing of peace to return to those who had sent them.
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When it was daylight, the magistrates sent their officers to the jailer with the order: “Release those men.”
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In Berea
As soon as it was night, the believers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went to the Jewish synagogue.
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The believers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy stayed at Berea.
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He sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, while he stayed in the province of Asia a little longer.
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Even some of the officials of the province, friends of Paul, sent him a message begging him not to venture into the theater.
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Through Macedonia and Greece
When the uproar had ended, Paul sent for the disciples and, after encouraging them, said goodbye and set out for Macedonia.
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From Miletus, Paul sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church.
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“Then the Lord said to me, ‘Go; I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’ ”
