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The Church at Antioch

Acts 11:25

In 9 translations

BSB
Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul,
KJV
Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul:
WEB
Barnabas went out to Tarsus to look for Saul.
ASV
And he went forth to Tarsus to seek for Saul;
LSV
And Barnabas went forth to Tarsus, to seek for Saul,
YLT
And Barnabas went forth to Tarsus, to seek for Saul,
DBY
And he went away to Tarsus to seek out Saul.
DRC
And Barnabas went to Tarsus to seek Saul: whom, when he had found, he brought to Antioch.
GNV
Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus to seeke Saul:

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  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include Βαρνάβας (“Barnabas”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
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  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include ὁ (“the”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.

  • SBLGNT: Ταρσὸν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read Ταρσὸν; Robinson–Pierpont add ὁ Βαρνάβας.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ἐξῆλθεν δὲ εἰς Ταρσὸν ἀναζητῆσαι Σαῦλον,
RP2018
Ἐξῆλθεν δὲ εἰς Ταρσὸν ὁ Βαρνάβας ἀναζητῆσαι Σαῦλον,
TR-Boyd
Ἐξῆλθε δὲ εἰς Ταρσὸν ὁ Βαρνάβας ἀναζητῆσαι Σαῦλον,
SCR1894
εξηλθεν δε εις ταρσον ο βαρναβας αναζητησαι σαυλον

Who and where

👤 Barnabas👤 Paul📍 Tarsus◆ Disciples first called Christians

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Acts 9:11“Get up!” the Lord told him. “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying.
  • Acts 9:30When the brothers learned of this, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.
  • Acts 9:27Then Barnabas brought him to the apostles and described how Saul had seen the Lord, who spoke to him on the road to Damascus, and how Saul had spoken boldly in that city in the name of Jesus.
  • Acts 21:39But Paul answered, “I am a Jew from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no ordinary city. Now I beg you to allow me to speak to the people.”

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