Acts 13:1-8 ▼

1 Now there were these prophets and teachers in the church at Antioch: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen (a close friend of Herod the tetrarch from childhood) and Saul.

2 While they were serving 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 they had fasted and prayed and placed their hands on them, they sent them off.

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

5 When they arrived in Salamis, they began to proclaim the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. (Now they also had John as their assistant.)

6 When they had crossed over the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a magician, a Jewish false prophet named Bar-Jesus,

7 who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. The proconsul summoned Barnabas and Saul and wanted to hear the word of God.

8 But the magician Elymas (for that is the way his name is translated) opposed them, trying to turn the proconsul away from the faith.