Acts 11:26

And in those days, Peter stood up in the midst of the brothers (a crowd of about 120 persons was there together), and said,

Now in those days, while the disciples were multiplying in number, there was grumbling from the Hellenists against the Hebrews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily serving of food.

and he took food and was strengthened. Saul Begins to Preach Christ Now for several days he was with the disciples who were at Damascus,

Now since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, having heard that Peter was there, sent two men to him, pleading with him, “Do not delay in coming to us.”

Now in those days, some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.

And as any of the disciples had means, each of them determined to send a contribution for the service of the brothers living in Judea.

Now there were at Antioch, in the church that was there, prophets and teachers: Barnabas, and Simeon who was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

But while the disciples stood around him, he rose up and entered the city. The next day he went away with Barnabas to Derbe.

strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying, “Through many afflictions we must enter the kingdom of God.”

And they spent not a little time with the disciples.

And when he wanted to go across to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples to welcome him; and when he had arrived, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace,

But when some were becoming hardened and were not believing, speaking evil of the Way before the multitude, he left them and took away the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus.

Now after the uproar had ceased, Paul having summoned and exhorted the disciples, said farewell and left to go to Macedonia.

and from among your own selves men will arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.

And after looking up the disciples, we stayed there seven days; and they kept telling Paul through the Spirit not to set foot in Jerusalem.

But Agrippa replied to Paul, “In such short time are you persuading me to become a Christian?”

Do they not blaspheme the good name by which you have been called?