19So those who had been scattered away from the pressure that arose upon Stephen passed through as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except Jews alone.20Some of them, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, came to Antioch and spoke also to the Hellenists, proclaiming the Lord Jesus.21And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number who believed turned to the Lord.22The word was heard in the ears of the church that was in Jerusalem about them, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch.23When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged all to remain with the Lord with steadfast purpose of heart.24For he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith, and a considerable crowd was added to the Lord.25He then went out to Tarsus to search for Saul.26When he found him, he brought him to Antioch. It happened to them also that for a whole year they assembled in the church and taught a large crowd, and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.27In those days prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.28One of them, named Agabus, signified through the Spirit a great famine about to be upon the whole world; this took place upon Claudius.29The disciples determined, each of them according to his ability, to send relief to the brothers dwelling in Judea.30They did so, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.