1. Now there were in the church at Antioch prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Symeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen who was a close friend of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
2. While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
3. Then, completing their fasting and prayer, they laid hands on them and sent them off.
4. So they, sent forth by the holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia and from there sailed to Cyprus.
5. When they arrived in Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. They had John also as their assistant.