Acts 13:2

And as they were employed in the ministry, and kept a fast, the Holy Ghost said, Set apart for me now both Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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, according to the established church, prophets and teachers; such as Barnabas, and Simeon called Niger the black, and Lucius a Cyrenian, and Manaen, Herod the tetrarch’s foster-brother, and Saul.

3Then having kept a fast and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them out.

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Cross References

Matthew 9:14Then came unto him disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees keep many fasts, but thy disciples fast not?

Matthew 17:21But this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.

Luke 10:1THEN after these things the Lord appointed other seventy persons also, and sent them, two and two before his face, into every city and place, whither he himself designed to go.

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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