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Now there werein the church that wasatAntiochcertainprophetsandteachers;asBarnabas,andSimeon that was calledNiger,andLucius of Cyrene,andManaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch,andSaul.
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Astheyministered to the Lord,andfasted, the HolyGhostsaid*, Separateme*BarnabasandSaulfor the workwhereunto I have calledthem.
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And when they had fastedandprayed, andlaid their handsonthem, they sent them away.
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So*they, being sent forthby the HolyGhost,departeduntoSeleucia; and fromthence they sailedtoCyprus.
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And when they wereatSalamis, they preached the word of Godin the synagogues of the Jews:and they hadalsoJohn to their minister.
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And when they had gone through the isleuntoPaphos, they found a certainsorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew,whosename was Barjesus:
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Whichwaswith the deputy of the country,SergiusPaulus, a prudentman;whocalled for BarnabasandSaul, and desired to hear the word of God.
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ButElymas the sorcerer* (for so is hisname by interpretation) withstoodthem,seeking to turn away the deputyfrom the faith.
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ThenSaul,* (who also is called Paul,) filled with the HolyGhost*, set his eyesonhim,