22. Then the report about them was heard by the church that was at Jerusalem, and they sent out Barnabas to travel as far as Antioch.
23. When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he was glad and encouraged all of them to remain true to the Lord with a firm resolve of the heart,
24. for he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And large numbers of people were added to the Lord.
25. Then he went to Tarsus to search for Saul,
26. and when he found him he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and taught large numbers. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.
27. In those days some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.
28. Then one of them, named Agabus, stood up and predicted by the Spirit that there would be a severe famine throughout the Roman world. This took place during the time of Claudius.