and teachers--barnabas, Symeon surnamed `the black,'
Lucius the Cyrenaean, Manaen (who was Herod the Tetrarch's
foster-brother), and Saul.
013:002 While they were worshipping the Lord and fasting,
the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for Me, now at once,
Barnabas and Saul, for the work to which I have called them."
013:003 So, after fasting and prayer and the laying on of hands,
they let them go.
013:004 They therefore, being thus sent out by the Holy Spirit,
went down to Seleuceia, and from there sailed to Cyprus.
013:005 Having reached Salamis, they began to announce God's Message
in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had John
as their assistant.
013:006 When they had gone through the whole length of the island
as far as Paphos, they there met with a Jewish magician
and false prophet, Bar-Jesus by name,
013:007 who was a friend of the Proconsul Sergius Paulus.
The Proconsul was a man of keen intelligence. He sent
for Barnabas and Saul, and asked to be told God's Message.
013:008 But Elymas (or `the Magician,' for such is the meaning of the name)
opposed them, and tried to prevent the Proconsul from
accepting the faith.
013:009 Then Saul, who is also called Paul, was filled with the
Holy Spirit, and, fixing his eyes on Elymas,
013:010 said, "You who are full of every kind of craftiness and
unscrupulous cunning--you son of the Devil and foe to all that
is right--will you never cease to misrepresent the straight
paths of the Lord?
013:011 The Lord's hand is now upon you, and you will be blind for a time
and unable to see the light of day." Instantly there fell