Acts 11:22

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And news of them came to the ears of the church at Jerusalem: and they sent Barnabas as far as Antioch:

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  • Acts 4:36-37 : 36 And Joseph, who was given by the Apostles the name of Barnabas (the sense of which is, Son of comfort), a Levite and a man of Cyprus by birth, 37 Having a field, got money for it and put the money at the feet of the Apostles.
  • Acts 8:14 : 14 Now when the Apostles at Jerusalem had news that the people of Samaria had taken the word of God into their hearts, they sent to them Peter and John;
  • Acts 9:27 : 27 But Barnabas took him to the Apostles and gave them an account of how he had seen the Lord on the road, and had given hearing to his words, and how at Damascus he had been preaching in the name of Jesus without fear.
  • Acts 11:1 : 1 Now the Apostles and the brothers who were in Judaea had news that the word of God had been given to the Gentiles.
  • Acts 13:1-3 : 1 Now there were at Antioch, in the church there, prophets and teachers, Barnabas, and Symeon who was named Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, a relation of Herod the king, and Saul. 2 And while they were doing the Lord's work, and going without food, the Holy Spirit said, Let Barnabas and Saul be given to me for the special work for which they have been marked out by me. 3 Then, after prayer and going without food they put their hands on them, and sent them away.
  • Acts 15:2 : 2 And after Paul and Barnabas had had no little argument and discussion with them, the brothers made a decision to send Paul and Barnabas and certain others of them to the Apostles and the rulers of the church at Jerusalem about this question.
  • Acts 15:22 : 22 Then it seemed good to the Apostles and the rulers and all the church, to send men from among them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; Judas, named Barsabbas, and Silas, chief men among the brothers:
  • Acts 15:35-39 : 35 But Paul and Barnabas kept on in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of God, with a number of others. 36 And after some days, Paul said to Barnabas, Let us go back and see the brothers in every town where we have given the word of God, and see how they are. 37 And Barnabas had a desire to take with them John, named Mark. 38 But Paul was of the opinion that it was not right to take with them one who had gone away from them in Pamphylia, and had not gone on with the work. 39 And there was a sharp argument between them, so that they were parted from one another, and Barnabas took Mark with him and went by ship to Cyprus;
  • 1 Thess 3:6 : 6 But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has given us good news of your faith and love, and that you have happy memories of us, desiring greatly to see us, even as we do to see you;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Acts 11:23-27
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    23 Who, when he came and saw the grace of God, was glad; and he made clear to them the need of keeping near the Lord with all the strength of their hearts:

    24 For he was a good man and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith: and a great number were joined to the Lord.

    25 Then he went on to Tarsus, looking for Saul;

    26 And when he had come across him, he took him to Antioch. And they were with the church there for a year, teaching the people; and the disciples were first given the name of Christians in Antioch.

    27 Now in those days prophets came from Jerusalem to Antioch.

  • Acts 11:29-30
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    29 And the disciples, everyone as he was able, made a decision to send help to the brothers living in Judaea:

    30 Which they did, sending it to the rulers of the church by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

  • Acts 11:19-21
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    19 Then those who had gone away at the time of the trouble about Stephen, went as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus, preaching to the Jews only.

    20 But some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, when they came to Antioch, gave the good news about the Lord Jesus to the Greeks.

    21 And the power of the Lord was with them, and a great number had faith and were turned to the Lord.

  • Acts 14:21
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    21 And having made a number of disciples through the preaching of the good news in that town, they went back to Lystra and Iconium and Antioch,

  • Acts 14:25-27
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    25 And, after preaching the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia;

    26 And from there they went by ship to Antioch, where they had been handed over to the grace of God for the work which they had not done.

    27 And when they came there, and had got the church together, they gave them an account of all the things which God had done through them, and how he had made open a door of faith to the Gentiles.

  • Acts 15:2-4
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    2 And after Paul and Barnabas had had no little argument and discussion with them, the brothers made a decision to send Paul and Barnabas and certain others of them to the Apostles and the rulers of the church at Jerusalem about this question.

    3 So they, being sent on their way by the church, went through Phoenicia and Samaria, giving news of the salvation of the Gentiles, to the great joy of all the brothers.

    4 And when they came to Jerusalem, they had a meeting with the church and the Apostles and the rulers, and they gave an account of all the things which God had done through them.

  • Acts 13:1-5
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    1 Now there were at Antioch, in the church there, prophets and teachers, Barnabas, and Symeon who was named Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, a relation of Herod the king, and Saul.

    2 And while they were doing the Lord's work, and going without food, the Holy Spirit said, Let Barnabas and Saul be given to me for the special work for which they have been marked out by me.

    3 Then, after prayer and going without food they put their hands on them, and sent them away.

    4 So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia; and from there they went by ship to Cyprus.

    5 And at Salamis they were preaching the word of God in the Synagogues of the Jews: and John was with them, helping them.

  • Acts 18:22
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    22 And when he had come to land at Caesarea, he went to see the church, and then went down to Antioch.

  • Acts 8:14
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    14 Now when the Apostles at Jerusalem had news that the people of Samaria had taken the word of God into their hearts, they sent to them Peter and John;

  • Acts 11:1
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    1 Now the Apostles and the brothers who were in Judaea had news that the word of God had been given to the Gentiles.

  • Acts 15:22-23
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    22 Then it seemed good to the Apostles and the rulers and all the church, to send men from among them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; Judas, named Barsabbas, and Silas, chief men among the brothers:

    23 And they sent a letter by them, saying, The Apostles and the older brothers, to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, may joy be with you:

  • Acts 9:30
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    30 And when the brothers had knowledge of it, they took him to Caesarea and sent him to Tarsus.

  • Acts 15:25
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    25 It seemed good to us, having come to an agreement together, to send these men to you, with our well loved Barnabas and Paul,

  • Acts 13:7
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    7 Who was with the ruler, Sergius Paulus, an able man. This man sent for Barnabas and Saul, desiring to have knowledge of the word of God.

  • Acts 15:35-36
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    73%

    35 But Paul and Barnabas kept on in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of God, with a number of others.

    36 And after some days, Paul said to Barnabas, Let us go back and see the brothers in every town where we have given the word of God, and see how they are.

  • Acts 9:27
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    27 But Barnabas took him to the Apostles and gave them an account of how he had seen the Lord on the road, and had given hearing to his words, and how at Damascus he had been preaching in the name of Jesus without fear.

  • Acts 12:25
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    25 And Barnabas and Saul came back from Jerusalem, when their work was ended, taking with them John named Mark.

  • Acts 14:6-7
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    6 Having got news of it, they went in flight to the towns of Lycaonia, Lystra, and Derbe, and the country round about:

    7 And went on preaching the good news there.

  • Acts 11:11-12
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    71%

    11 And at that minute, three men, sent from Caesarea, came to the house where we were.

    12 And the Spirit gave me orders to go with them, doubting nothing. And these six brothers came with me; and we went into that man's house:

  • Acts 15:12
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    12 And all the people were quiet while Barnabas and Paul gave an account of the signs and wonders which God had done among the Gentiles by them.

  • Acts 18:27
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    27 And when he had a desire to go over into Achaia, the brothers gave him help, and sent letters to the disciples requesting them to take him in among them: and when he had come, he gave much help to those who had faith through grace:

  • Acts 15:30
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    30 So they, being sent away, came down to Antioch, and having got the people together, they gave them the letter.

  • Acts 17:10
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    10 And the brothers straight away sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea: and they, when they came there, went to the Synagogue of the Jews.

  • Acts 14:14
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    14 But when this came to the ears of the Apostles, Paul and Barnabas, they went running out among the people, parting their clothing, and crying out,

  • Acts 22:21
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    21 And he said to me, Go, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.

  • Acts 10:8
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    8 And having given them an account of everything, he sent them to Joppa.

  • Acts 14:1
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    1 Now in Iconium they went together to the Synagogue of the Jews and gave such teaching that a great number of Jews and Greeks had faith.

  • Acts 21:19
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    19 And when he had said how glad he was to see them, he gave them a detailed account of the things which God had done through his work among the Gentiles.

  • Acts 13:14
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    14 But they, going through from Perga, came to Antioch in Pisidia; and they went into the Synagogue on the Sabbath and were seated.

  • Acts 22:11
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    11 And because I was unable to see because of the glory of that light, those who were with me took me by the hand, and so I came to Damascus.

  • Acts 21:22
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    22 What then is the position? They will certainly get news that you have come.