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Acts 13:4

CyprusSeleucia
Witness and missionThe Holy Spirit

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.

So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.

5 And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister.

6 And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-jesus:

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BSB
So Barnabas and Saul, sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus.
KJV
So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.
WEB
So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia. From there they sailed to Cyprus.
ASV
So they, being sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.
DARBY
They therefore, having been sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia, and thence sailed away to Cyprus.
BLB
Indeed, therefore, having been sent forth by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and they sailed from there to Cyprus.
ÅB
Da de nå slik var utsendt av den Hellige Ånd, dro de ned til Seleukia og seilte derfra til Kypern,
OTB
Så, sendt av Den Hellige Ånd, dro de ned til Selevkia og seilte derfra til Kypros.
B1930
Da de nu således var utsendt av den Hellige Ånd, drog de ned til Seleukia og seilte derfra til Kypern,

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Cross references

  • Acts 4:36

    And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus,

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  • Acts 13:2

    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.

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  • Acts 11:19

    Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only.

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  • Acts 20:23

    Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.

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  • Acts 27:4

    And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.

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