1 Now there were prophets and teachers in Antioch in the church that was there: Barnabas, and Simeon (who was called Niger), and Lucius the Cyrenian, and Manaen (a close friend of Herod the tetrarch), and Saul.
2
And [while] they were serving the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart now for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them."
3
Then, [after they] had fasted and prayed and placed [their] hands on them, they sent [them] away.
[a].
*Here "[while]" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("were serving")
[b].
*Here "[after]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("had fasted") which is understood as temporal
[c].
*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
[d].
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
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