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.

Cross References

• 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]

Footnotes

• [a]. Niger is a Latin word meaning black, or dark