s took counsel together to kill him: but
their plot became known to Saul. And they watched the gates also day and
night that they might kill him: but his friends took him by night, and
let him down through the wall, lowering him in a basket.

And when he was come to Jerusalem, he attempted to join himself to the
disciples: and they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a
disciple. But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and
declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had
spoken to him, and how at Damascus he had preached boldly in the name of
Jesus. And he was with them going in and going out at Jerusalem,
preaching boldly in the name of the Lord: and he spoke and disputed
against the Grecian Jews; but they went about to kill him. And when the
brethren knew it they brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him forth
to Tarsus.

So the church throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria had peace,
being built up; and, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort
of the Holy Spirit, was multiplied.

And some time after, Barnabas went forth to Tarsus to seek for Saul: and
when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. And it came to pass,
that for a whole year they were gathered together with the church, and
taught much people; and that the disciples were called Christians first
in Antioch.

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THE FIRST MISSIONARY JOURNEY OF PAUL.

On his first journey Paul went by sea from _Seleucia_, the port of
Antioch, to the _Island of Cyprus_. He crossed the island from east to
west. He landed at _Salamis_ and set sail from _Paphos_. He arrived at
_Perga_ in Southern Asia Minor, and then set out for a campaign of about
two years in the great Roman province of Galatia. It is for the most
part a wild and desolate country. There were snowy mountain ranges with
perilous passes infested by robbers, rushing torrents, and precipitous
roads, before he could come to the cities which lay behind the
mountains. He was often in great danger, and many times suffered
persecution. The places mentioned are _Antioch, Iconium, Lystra_, and
_Derbe_. Then he and his companions came down to Perga, setting sail
from the port of Attalia for _Antioch_ in Cilicia.

Companions: Barnabas and John Mark.

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PAUL AND BARNABAS SAIL FOR CYPRUS.

_At Paphos a Roman Nobleman is Won to the New Faith_.

(There having been a time of famine, Paul and Barnabas had been sent by
the Christi