18. When they heard these things, they were silent. And they glorified God, saying, “Then God has granted to the Gentiles also repentance unto life.”
19. Now those who were scattered by the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, preaching the word to no one except Jews.
20. Some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they had come to Antioch, spoke to the Hellenists, preaching the Lord Jesus.
21. The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number believed and turned to the Lord.
22. News of these things came to the ears of the church which was in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch.
23. When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and exhorted them all to remain with the Lord with a loyal heart.
24. For he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And many people were added to the Lord.
25. Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul.
26. When he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and taught a considerable crowd. And the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.
27. In these days prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.
28. One of them, named Agabus, stood up and prophesied by the Spirit that there would be a great famine throughout all the world, which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.