Acts 13:5

And at Salamis they were preaching the word of God in the Synagogues of the Jews: and John was with them, helping them.

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In The King James Version

And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister.

In Context

4So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia; and from there they went by ship to Cyprus.

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;

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Cross References

Exodus 24:13Then Moses and Joshua his servant got up; and Moses went up into the mountain of God.

1 Kings 19:21And he went back, and took the oxen and put them to death, and cooking their flesh with the yokes of the oxen, he gave the people a feast. Then he got up and went after Elijah and became his servant.

Matthew 20:26Let it not be so among you: but if anyone has a desire to become great among you, let him be your servant;

Acts 12:12And when he became clear about this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John named Mark, where a number of them had come together for prayer.

Acts 13:14But they, going through from Perga, came to Antioch in Pisidia; and they went into the Synagogue on the Sabbath and were seated.

Acts 14:1Now in Iconium they went together to the Synagogue of the Jews and gave such teaching that a great number of Jews and Greeks had faith.

Matthew Henry on Acts 13:5-14

Elymas Struck with Blindness. 4 So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus. 5 And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister. 6 And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-jesus: 7 Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and… Read the whole commentary →

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