ACTS 11:24 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.”
He was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord.—Barnabas's character is sketched: goodness (agathos), Spirit-fullness, faith. These inner qualities produce outer fruit (numerical growth); the church multiples through his presence. Barnabas embodies the enabling of the laity; he holds no office except apostolic recommendation.
Church Fathers on Acts 11:24
Then tidings of these things came unto the ears of the church which was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth Barnabas, that he should go as far as Antioch. Acts 11:22 What may be the reason that, when such a city received the word, they did not come themselves? Because of the Jews. But they send Barnabas. However, it is no small part of the providential management even so that Paul comes to be there. It is both natural, and it is wisely ordered, that they are averse to him, and…
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