Acts 13:1-4

Barnabas and Saul Sent Off

1 Now there were in the church at Antioch ¹prophets and ²teachers, ³Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger,^[a] Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a member of the court of ⁴Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

2 While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, ⁵the Holy Spirit said, ⁶"Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul ⁷for the work to which I have called them."

3 Then after fasting and ⁸praying they laid their hands on them and ⁹sent them off.

Barnabas and Saul on Cyprus

4 So, being sent out ¹⁰by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus.

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Acts 13:1-4 In-Context

1 Now there were in the church at Antioch prophets and teachers, Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a member of the court of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

2 While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them."

3 Then after fasting and praying they laid their hands on them and sent them off.

4 So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus.

5 When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had John to assist them.

6 When they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they came upon a certain magician, a Jewish false prophet named Bar-Jesus.

7 He was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of intelligence, who summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God.

8 But Elymas the magician (for that is the meaning of his name) opposed them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith.

Cross References 10

1. Acts 11:27; Acts 15:32; Acts 19:6; Acts 21:9, 10; Romans 12:6, 7; See 1 Corinthians 12:28, 29
2. Acts 11:27; Acts 15:32; Acts 19:6; Acts 21:9, 10; Romans 12:6, 7; See 1 Corinthians 12:28, 29
3. Acts 11:22-26
4. See Luke 3:1
5. [Acts 20:28]; See Acts 8:29
6. Romans 1:1; Galatians 1:15
7. See Acts 9:15
8. See Acts 6:6
9. Acts 14:26
10. ver. 2; [Acts 16:6, 7]