They were sent on their way by the church. This was an official mission. Johnson thinks a special escort of church-members went along with them to Jerusalem. They visited the churches in Phoenicia and Samarai as they went through, and told them what God was doing among the Gentiles. [The Holy Spirit produces faith through the hearing of the message (Romans 10:17). The Gentiles heard, believed, and turned to God.]

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Old Testament