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24 For he was a good man [[a]good in himself and also at once for the good and the advantage of other people], full of and controlled by the Holy Spirit and full of faith (of his [b]belief that Jesus is the Messiah, through Whom we obtain eternal salvation). And a large company was added to the Lord.

25 [Barnabas] went on to Tarsus to hunt for Saul.

26 And when he had found him, he brought him back to Antioch. For a whole year they assembled together with and [c]were guests of the church and instructed a large number of people; and in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 11:24 Hermann Cremer, Biblico-Theological Lexicon.
  2. Acts 11:24 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
  3. Acts 11:26 Alternate translation.

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