Acts 13:3
Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
Revised Version 1895
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 hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the LORD spake by the hand of Moses.
Acts 8:15who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:
Acts 13:2And 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.
Acts 14:26and thence they sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been committed to the grace of God for the work which they had fulfilled.
Romans 10:15and how shall they preach, except they be sent? even as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that bring glad tidings of good things!
1 Timothy 5:22Lay hands hastily on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure.
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 →