1Now there were at Antioch, in the church there, prophets and teachers, Barnabas, and Symeon who was named Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, a relation of Herod the king, and Saul.
2And while they were doing the Lord's work, and going without food, the Holy Spirit said, Let Barnabas and Saul be given to me for the special work for which they have been marked out by me.
3Then, after prayer and going without food they put their hands on them, and sent them away.
4So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia; and from there they went by ship to Cyprus.
5And at Salamis they were preaching the word of God in the Synagogues of the Jews: and John was with them, helping them.
6And when they had gone through all the island to Paphos, they came across a certain wonder-worker and false prophet, a Jew whose name was Bar-Jesus;
7Who was with the ruler, Sergius Paulus, an able man. This man sent for Barnabas and Saul, desiring to have knowledge of the word of God.
