When he arrived in Jerusalem  he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple. Then Barnabas took charge of him and brought him to the apostles, and he reported to them how on the way he had seen the Lord and that he had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken out boldly in the name of Jesus. He moved about freely with them in Jerusalem, and spoke out boldly in the name of the Lord. He also spoke and debated with the Hellenists (Greek Jews),  but they tried to kill him. And when the brothers learned of this, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him on his way to Tarsus.