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Preparing for the Mission Field
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|Atos 13:1| In the church that was at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen, a close friend of Herod the tetrarch, a and Saul.
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|Atos 13:2| As they were ministering to 1 the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work I have called them to.” b
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|Atos 13:3| Then after they had fasted, prayed, and laid hands on them, they sent them off. c
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The Mission to Cyprus
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|Atos 13:4| Being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they came down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus.
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|Atos 13:5| Arriving in Salamis, they proclaimed God’s message in the Jewish synagogues. They also had John as their assistant. d
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|Atos 13:6| When they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they came across a sorcerer, a Jewish false prophet named Bar-Jesus. e
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|Atos 13:7| He was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul and desired to hear God’s message. f
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|Atos 13:8| But Elymas the sorcerer (this is the meaning of his name) opposed g them and tried to turn the proconsul away from the faith. h
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|Atos 13:9| Then Saul — also called Paul — filled with the Holy Spirit, stared straight at the sorcerer
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|Atos 13:10| and said, “You son of the Devil, i full of all deceit and all fraud, enemy of all righteousness! Won’t you ever stop perverting the straight paths j of the Lord?
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