Old/New Testament

While Teaching In Antioch, The Spirit Sends Saul And Barnabas On a Missionary Journey

13 Now there were prophets and teachers at Antioch in^[a] the church existing there— Barnabas and Simeon (the one being called Niger^[b]) and Lucius the Cyrenian, and Manaen (one brought-up-with^[c] Herod the tetrarch) and Saul. ² And while they were ministering^[d] to^[e] the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Separate now Barnabas and Saul for Me, for the work which I have called them to”. ³ Then, having fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent^[f] them away.

On Cyprus, Bar-Jesus The Magician Is Blinded, Sergius Paulus The Proconsul Believes

⁴ So indeed, having been sent-out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and from there sailed-away to Cyprus. ⁵ And having come-to-be in Salamis, they were proclaiming the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they also were having John as an assistant^[g]. ⁶ And having gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a certain man who was a magician, a Jewish false-prophet for whom the name was Bar-Jesus^[h]— ⁷ who was with the proconsul^[i], Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. This one, having summoned Barnabas and Saul, sought to hear the word of God. ⁸ But the magician Elymas^[j] (for so his name is translated) was opposing them, seeking to turn away the proconsul from the faith. ⁹ But Saul (the one also called Paul), having been filled with the Holy Spirit, having looked-intently at him, ¹⁰ said “O son of the devil full of all deceit and all villainy^[k], enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease perverting^[l] the straight ways of the Lord? ¹¹ And now, behold— the hand of the Lord is upon you and you shall be blind, not seeing the sun for a time”. And at-once mistiness and darkness fell upon him. And going around, he was seeking ones-leading-by-the-hand^[m]. ¹² Then the proconsul, having seen the thing having taken place, believed, being astounded at the teaching of the Lord.

In Perga John Mark Leaves. Paul And Barnabas Go On To Pisidian Antioch

¹³ And having put-to-sea from Paphos, the ones around^[n] Paul came to Perga of Pamphylia. But John, having departed^[o] from them, returned to Jerusalem. ¹⁴ But they, having gone through^[p] from Perga, arrived at Pisidian Antioch. And having entered into the synagogue on the day of the Sabbath, they sat-down. ¹⁵ And after the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the synagogue-officials sent forth a message to them, saying, “Men, brothers, if there is any word of exhortation^[q] among you for the people, speak”.

Paul Proclaims That John Announced The Coming of The Davidic Savior, Jesus

¹⁶ And Paul, having stood up, and having motioned with his hand, said “Men, Israelites, and the ones fearing God: listen. ¹⁷ The God of this people Israel chose our fathers. And He lifted-up the people during the stay in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm led them out of it. ¹⁸ And for about a forty year period He put-up-with^[r] them in the wilderness. ¹⁹ And having brought-down seven^[s] nations in the land of Canaan, He gave them their land as-an-inheritance ²⁰ about^[t] in [a total of] four-hundred and fifty years. And after these things He gave them judges until Samuel the prophet. ²¹ And from there they asked-for a king. And God gave them Saul— the son of Kish, a man from the tribe of Benjamin— for forty years. ²² And having removed him, He raised-up David for them for a king— concerning whom also having testified, He said, ‘I found David the son of Jesse, a man in-accordance-with^[u] My heart, who will do all My desires’. ²³ From the seed of this one, in accordance with the promise, God brought a Savior for^[v] Israel, Jesus— ²⁴ John having publicly-proclaimed a baptism of repentance for all the people of Israel before the presence of His coming. ²⁵ And as John was completing his course, he was saying, ‘What do you suppose that I am? I am not the One. But behold— He is coming after me, of Whom I am not worthy to untie the sandal of His feet’.