Acts 13:1 - Forerunner Commentary

Acts 13:1

1 Now ^ain the church that was at Antioch there were certain prophets and teachers: ^bBarnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, ^cLucius of Cyrene, Manaen who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

2 As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, ^a“Now separate to Me Barnabas and Saul for the work ^bto which I have called them.”

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,

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Interlinear Bible for Acts 13:1:

Now
de (#1161) there were
en (#2258) in
kata (#2596) the
xurao (#3588) church
ekklesia (#1577) that was
omos (#5607) at
en (#1722) Antioch
Antiocheia (#490) certain
tis (#5100) prophets
prophetes (#4396) and
kai (#2532) teachers;
didaskalos (#1320) as
orcheomai (#3739) Barnabas,
Barnabas (#921) and
kai (#2532) Simeon
Sumeon (#4826) that was called
kaleo (#2564) Niger,
Niger (#3526) and
kai (#2532) Lucius
Loukios (#3066) of Cyrene,
Kurenaios (#2956) and
te (#5037) Manaen,
Manaen (#3127) which had been brought up with
suntrophos (#4939) Herod
Herodes (#2264) the
xurao (#3588) tetrarch,
tetrarches (#5076) and
kai (#2532) Saul.
Saulos (#4569)

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