Acts 11:22-25 When tidings of this reached the ears of the Church in Jerusalem, they sent Barnabas as far as Antioch.

WNT⁽ⁱ⁾ ²² When tidings of this reached the ears of the Church in Jerusalem, they sent Barnabas as far as Antioch. ²³ On getting there he was delighted to see the grace which God had bestowed; and he encouraged them all to remain, with fixed resolve, faithful to the Lord. ²⁴ For he was a good man, and was full of the Holy Spirit and of faith; and the number of believers in the Lord greatly increased. ²⁵ Then Barnabas paid a visit to Tarsus to try to find Saul.