When he had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church, and then went down to Antioch.
But Philip found himself at Azotus, and as he passed through he preached the gospel to all the towns until he came to Caesarea.
But Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor, said to Paul, “Do you wish to go up to Jerusalem and there be tried on these charges before me?”
Now three days after Festus had arrived in the province, he went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.
Then he called two of the centurions and said, “Get ready two hundred soldiers, with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen to go as far as Caesarea at the third hour of the night.
When we had come to Jerusalem, the brothers received us gladly. On the following day Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders were present. After greeting them, he related one by one the things that God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.
But on taking leave of them he said, “I will return to you if God wills,” and he set sail from Ephesus. When he had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church, and then went down to Antioch.
But Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.
So when they were sent off, they went down to Antioch, and having gathered the congregation together, they delivered the letter.
with the following letter: “The brothers, both the apostles and the elders, to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, greetings.
When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they declared all that God had done with them.
and from there they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work that they had fulfilled.
Now there were in the church at Antioch prophets and teachers, Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a lifelong friend of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
Now those who were scattered because of the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except Jews. But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who on coming to Antioch spoke to the Hellenists also, preaching the Lord Jesus. And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number who believed turned to the Lord. The report of this came to the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch. When he came and saw the grace of God, he was glad, and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast purpose,
And behold, at that very moment three men arrived at the house in which we were, sent to me from Caesarea.
And on the following day they entered Caesarea. Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends.
At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort,
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