Acts 12:25-13:3

Christian Standard Bible

²⁵ After they had completed their relief mission, Barnabas and Saul returned to^[a] Jerusalem, taking along John who was called Mark.^(A)

Preparing for the Mission Field

13 Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen, a close friend of Herod the tetrarch,^(B) and Saul.

² As they were worshiping^[b] the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”^{(C) 3} Then after they had fasted, prayed, and laid hands on them, they sent them off.^(D)