Acts 11:22-27

Mace(i) 22 Of this the church at Jerusalem being appriz'd, they order'd Barnabas to go to Antioch; 23 who upon his arrival there, was glad to see such effects of the divine grace, and exhorted them all to remain firmly attach'd to the christian profession: 24 for he was a good man, and full of the holy spirit and of faith: so that many converts were added to the church. 25 at length Barnabas departed to Tarsus in quest of Saul, and having found him, he conducted him to Antioch: 26 where they resided a whole year with that church, and instructed abundance of disciples, and these disciples were the first that were denominated Christians. 27 About that time some prophets came from Jerusalem to Antioch: