1Now there were at 1Antioch, in the 2church that was there, 3prophets and 4teachers: 5Barnabas, and Simeon who was calledNiger, and Lucius of 6Cyrene, and Manaen who had been brought up with 7Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
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While they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, 8the HolySpiritsaid, "Setapart for Me 9Barnabas and Saul for 10the work to which I have called them."
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Then, when they had fasted and 11prayed and 12laid their hands on them, 13they sent them away.
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So, being 14sent out by the HolySpirit, they wentdown to Seleucia and from there they sailed to 15Cyprus.
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When they reachedSalamis, they began to proclaim the word of God in 16the synagogues of the Jews; and they alsohad17John as their helper.
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When they had gonethrough the wholeisland as far as Paphos, they found a 18magician, a Jewish19falseprophetwhosename was Bar-Jesus,
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who was with the 20proconsul, SergiusPaulus, a man of intelligence. ThismansummonedBarnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God.