1
Now in the assembly that was at Antioch there were some prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen the foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
2
As they served the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, "Separate Barnabas and Saul for me, for the work to which I have called them."
3
Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
4
So, being sent forth by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia. From there they sailed to Cyprus.
5
When they were at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. They had also John as their attendant.
6
When they had gone through the island to Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-Jesus,