3. After fasting and praying, Simeon, Lucius, and Manaen placed their hands on Barnabas and Saul, and released them ⌊from their work in Antioch⌋.
4. After Barnabas and Saul were sent by the Holy Spirit, they went to the city of Seleucia and from there sailed to the island of Cyprus.
5. Arriving in the city of Salamis, they began to spread God’s word in the synagogues. John Mark had gone along to help them.
6. They went through the whole island as far as the city of Paphos.In Paphos they met a Jewish man named Barjesus. He was an astrologer who claimed to be a prophet.
7. He was associated with an intelligent man, Sergius Paulus, who was the governor of the island. The governor sent for Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God.