Acts 13:3
Then, having continued the tzom and having davened and having laid their hands upon them, they sent them off.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
In Context
Cross References
Numbers 27:23And he laid his yadayim + 27:23 for s'michah upon him, and gave him a charge, + 27:23 instructed him with regard to his office just as Hashem commanded by yad Moshe.
Acts 8:15Who, having come down, davened for them that they might receive the Ruach Hakodesh.
Acts 13:2They were ministering to Adonoi and under a tzom when the Ruach Hakodesh said to them, Set apart for Me Bar-Nabba and Sha'ul for the avodas kodesh ministry to which I have called them. + 13:2 2Chr 13:10; 35:3; Ezek 40:46; 44:16; 45:4
Acts 14:26And from there, they sailed away to Syrian Antioch, their point of origin from which they had been commended to the Chen v'Chesed Hashem to the Messianic avodas kodesh which they had completed.
Romans 10:15And how shall they do the hatafah (preaching) unless they have been sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach Besuras HaGeulah” (Isa 52:7).
1 Timothy 5:22Give s'michah quickly to no one nor participate in the chatta'im (sins) of others; keep yourself tahor.
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 →