It was Barnabas who first stood up for [[Paul]] to allow him to be fully accepted into the Jerusalem Church since even the Disciples were afraid of him due to his past of persecuting [[Christians]]. ([[Book of Acts|Acts]] 9:27) Barnabas was sent by the Jerusalem Church to [[Antioch]], where a "great number of people believed and turned to the Lord" from the preaching of other Christians who were scattered due to the persecution of the church in [[Jerusalem]]. Barnabas saw the great acts being done and encouraged them to "remain true to the Lord with all of their hearts" (Acts 11:22-23) He went and got Paul to join him. (Acts 11:25) Barnabus and Paul carried the love offering back to the Jerusalem church when a famine spread over the [[Roman Empire|Roman]] world in 43 A.D.<ref>The [[NIV]] Study Bible, Zondervan (1985), Pg. 1664</ref> (Acts 11:29-30) | It was Barnabas who first stood up for [[Paul]] to allow him to be fully accepted into the Jerusalem Church since even the Disciples were afraid of him due to his past of persecuting [[Christians]]. ([[Book of Acts|Acts]] 9:27) Barnabas was sent by the Jerusalem Church to [[Antioch]], where a "great number of people believed and turned to the Lord" from the preaching of other Christians who were scattered due to the persecution of the church in [[Jerusalem]]. Barnabas saw the great acts being done and encouraged them to "remain true to the Lord with all of their hearts" (Acts 11:22-23) He went and got Paul to join him. (Acts 11:25) Barnabus and Paul carried the love offering back to the Jerusalem church when a famine spread over the [[Roman Empire|Roman]] world in 43 A.D.<ref>The [[NIV]] Study Bible, Zondervan (1985), Pg. 1664</ref> (Acts 11:29-30) |