Matthew Poole and continuators on Acts 11:22

22 ¶ Then tidings of these things came unto the ears of the church which was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth Barnabas, that he should go as far as Antioch▪

This Pleonasm seems emphatical, to shew with what readiness and delight the Church heard the news of the Conversion of so many to Christ.

Of Barnabas we read, Chap. 4.36. who had given such an earnest of Love to God, and true Faith in Christ, for whose sake he sold what he had.