Act 9:19-22, 11:26-30 | ESV | STEP | and taking food , he was strengthened . For some days he was with the disciples at Damascus .

Acts 9:19-22

19 and ^ataking food, he was strengthened.

Saul Proclaims Jesus in Synagogues

For ^bsome days he was with the disciples at Damascus. 20 And immediately he proclaimed Jesus in the synagogues, saying, ^c“He is the Son of God.” 21 And all who heard him were amazed and said, “Is not this the man who ^dmade havoc ^ein Jerusalem of those who called upon this name? And has he not come here for this purpose, to bring them bound before the chief priests?” 22 But Saul ^fincreased all the more in strength, and ^gconfounded the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving ^hthat Jesus was the Christ.

Acts 11:26-30

26 and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and taught a great many people. And in Antioch the disciples were first called ⁱChristians.

27 Now in these days ^jprophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch. 28 And one of them named ^kAgabus stood up and foretold ^lby the Spirit that there would be a great ^mfamine over all the world (this took place in the days of ⁿClaudius). 29 So the disciples determined, every one according to his ability, ^oto send relief to ^pthe brothers ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters} living in Judea. 30 ^rAnd they did so, sending it to ^sthe elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.