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1 There were at Antioch in the church there a number of prophets and teachers—Barnabas, Symeon who was called Niger, Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen, who had been brought up with Herod the governor, and Saul.
2 As they were engaged in worshiping the Lord and in fasting, the holy Spirit said, "Set Barnabas and Saul apart for me, for the work to which I have called them."
3 So after fasting and prayer, they laid their hands upon them and let them go.
4 Being sent out in this way by the holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus.
5 When they reached Salamis, they proclaimed God's message in the Jewish synagogues. They had John with them as their assistant.
6 They went through the whole island as far as Paphos, and there they came across a Jewish magician and false prophet named Barjesus.
7 He was attached to the governor, Sergius Paulus, who was an intelligent man. He sent for Barnabas and Saul and asked them to let him hear God's message.
8 But Elymas the magician—for that is the meaning of his name—opposed them, and tried to keep the governor from accepting the faith.
9 But Saul, who was also called Paul, was filled with the holy Spirit, and looked at him
10 and said, "You monster of underhandedness and cunning! You son of the devil! You enemy of all that is right! Will you never stop trying to make the Lord's straight paths crooked?
11 The Lord's hand is right upon you, and you will be blind and unable even to see the sun for a time." Instantly a mist of darkness fell upon him, and he groped about for someone to lead him by the hand.
12 Then the governor, seeing what had happened, believed, and was thunderstruck at the Lord's teaching.
13 Paul and his companions sailed from Paphos and went to Perga in Pamphylia. There John left them and returned to Jerusalem,
14 but they went on from Perga and reached Antioch in Pisidia. On the Sabbath they went to the synagogue there and took seats.