Acts 13:1

Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch), and Saul.

2 While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”

3 And after they had fasted and prayed, they laid their hands on them and sent them off.

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BSB
Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch), and Saul.
KJV
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.
WEB
Now in the assembly that was at Antioch there were some prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen the foster brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
ASV
Now there were at Antioch, in the church that was [there], prophets and teachers, Barnabas, and Symeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen the foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
DARBY
Now there were in Antioch, in the assembly which was [there], prophets and teachers: Barnabas, and Simeon who was called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenian, and Manaen, foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
BLB
Now there were prophets and teachers in Antioch being [there] in the church: Both Barnabas and Simeon who was called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenian, and Manaen brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
ÅB
I Antiokia, i menigheten der, var det profeter og lærere: Barnabas og Simeon, som kaltes Niger, og LUKius fra Kyrene og Manaen, fosterbror til fjerdingsfyrsten Herodes, og Saulus.
OTB
I menigheten i Antiokia var det profeter og lærere: Barnabas, Simeon som ble kalt Niger, Lucius fra Kyrene, Manaen (som hadde vokst opp med Herodes landsfyrsten), og Saulus.
B1930
I Antiokia, i menigheten der, var det profeter og lærere: Barnabas og Simeon, som kaltes Niger, og LUKius fra Kyrene og Manaen, fosterbror til fjerdingsfyrsten Herodes, og Saulus.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Acts 4:36

    Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas (meaning Son of Encouragement),

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  • Acts 15:35

    But Paul and Barnabas remained at Antioch, along with many others, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord.

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  • Acts 11:22–27

    When news of this reached the ears of the church in Jerusalem, they sent Barnabas to Antioch.

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  • Galatians 2:9

    And recognizing the grace that I had been given, James, Cephas, and John—those reputed to be pillars—gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised.

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  • Acts 13:9

    Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked directly at Elymas

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  • Luke 3:1

    In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,

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  • Ephesians 4:11

    And it was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,

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  • 1 Corinthians 14:24–25

    But if an unbeliever or uninstructed person comes in while everyone is prophesying, he will be convicted and called to account by all,

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