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.
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.