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- In the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch) and Saul.
- 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."
- So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off.
- The two of them, sent on their way by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus.
- When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. John was with them as their helper.
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- Now there were at Antioch, in the church that was there, prophets and teachers: Barnabas, and Simeon who was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
- While they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them."
- Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
- So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia and from there they sailed to Cyprus.
- When they reached Salamis, they began to proclaim the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews; and they also had John as their helper.
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- They traveled through the whole island until they came to Paphos. There they met a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet named Bar-Jesus,
- who was an attendant of the proconsul, Sergius Paulus. The proconsul, an intelligent man, sent for Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God.
- But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith.
- Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked straight at Elymas and said,
- "You are a child of the devil and an enemy of everything that is right! You are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery. Will you never stop perverting the right ways of the Lord?
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- When they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a magician, a Jewish false prophet whose name was Bar-Jesus,
- who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of intelligence. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God.
- But Elymas the magician (for so his name is translated) was opposing them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith.
- But Saul, who was also known as Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, fixed his gaze on him,
- and said, "You who are full of all deceit and fraud, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to make crooked the straight ways of the Lord?
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- Now the hand of the Lord is against you. You are going to be blind, and for a time you will be unable to see the light of the sun." Immediately mist and darkness came over him, and he groped about, seeking someone to lead him by the hand.
- When the proconsul saw what had happened, he believed, for he was amazed at the teaching about the Lord.
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- "Now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be blind and not see the sun for a time." And immediately a mist and a darkness fell upon him, and he went about seeking those who would lead him by the hand.
- Then the proconsul believed when he saw what had happened, being amazed at the teaching of the Lord.
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