Acts 13:2

And 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.

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In The King James Version

As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.

In Context

1Now there were at Antioch, in the church that was there, prophets and teachers; Barnabas, and Simeon who was called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenaean, and Manaen, the foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

3Then, after they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.

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Cross References

Daniel 9:3And I set my face toward God, the Lord, and made prayers and supplications, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.

Matthew 9:14Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast, and thy disciples fast not?

Luke 10:1After these things, the Lord appointed also seventy others, and sent them two and two before him into every city and place where he himself was about to come.

Matthew Henry on Acts 13:2-4

The Mission of Paul and Barnabas. 1 Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. 2 As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. 3 And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away. We have here a divine warrant… Read the whole commentary →

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