So when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our ancestors there the first time.

Then he said to me, ‘Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”

When the brothers found out about this, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him away to Tarsus.

A report about them came to the attention of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch.

Brothers, descendants of Abraham’s family, and those Gentiles among you who fear God, the message of this salvation has been sent to us.

Then the brothers sent Paul away to the coast at once, but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea.

When Peter came to himself, he said, “Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from everything the Jewish people were expecting to happen.”