So they sent Barnabas to Antioch. Barnabas was a "Greek-speaking Jew" (Acts 4:36), who was the friend of another "Greek-speaking Jew" named Paul (Acts 9:27). He was sent to evaluate what was happening there. And saw how God had blessed the people. This is the first "group" [messianic community, church] outside the borders of Palestine. It soon became the "center of missions" to fill the Gentile world with the Good News of God's act in Christ to set men free!!!

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