Acts 13:5 - Adam Clarke

Acts 13:5

3 Then, ^ahaving fasted and prayed, and laid hands on them, they sent them away.

Preaching in Cyprus

4 So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to ^aCyprus.

5 And when they arrived in Salamis, ^athey preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. They also had ^bJohn as their assistant.

6 Now when they had gone through¹ the island to Paphos, they found ^aa certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew whose name was Bar-Jesus,

7 who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. This man called for Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God.

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Acts 13:5

Salamis - The capital of the island of Cyprus; afterwards called Constantia, and now Salina, situated on the eastern part of the island.

They preached the word of God - , The doctrine of God, the Christian religion, emphatically so called.

They had also John to their minister - This was John Mark, of whom we heard, Acts 12:25; for their minister, ̔ , to assist them in minor offices, as deacon or servant, that they might give themselves wholly to the doctrine of the Lord.

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