We read: “Barnabas came to his aid and led him to the apostles, and he told them in detail how on the road he had seen the Lord,... and how in Damascus he had spoken boldly in the name of Jesus. ”
(‏ اعما ۹ :‏ ۲۶ -‏ ۲۸‏ )‏ جماعت اورشلیم با شنیدن سخنان بَرنابا به پولُس اعتماد کردند و او را به عنوان برادری در جماعت پذیرفتند .‏