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Now there were in the church which was at Antioch prophets and doctors, among whom was Barnabas and Simon who was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene and Manahen who was the foster brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
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And as they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Ghost said to them: Separate me Saul and Barnabas, for the work whereunto I have taken them.
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Then they fasting and praying and imposing their hands upon them, sent them away.
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So they, being sent by the Holy Ghost, went to Seleucia: and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.
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And when they were come to Salamina, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had John also in the ministry.
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And when they had gone through the whole island, as far as Paphos, they found a certain man, a magician, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-Jesu:
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Who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, a prudent man. He, sending for Barnabas and Saul, desired to hear the word of God.
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But Elymas the magician (for so his name is interpreted) withstood them, seeking to turn away the proconsul from the faith.
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Then Saul, otherwise Paul, filled with the Holy Ghost, looking upon him,
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Said: O full of all guile and of all deceit, child of the devil, enemy of all justice, thou ceases not to pervert the right ways of the Lord.
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And now behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee: and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a time. And immediately there fell a mist and darkness upon him: and going about, he sought some one to lead him by the hand.