2. As they served the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, “Separate Barnabas and Saul for me, for the work to which I have called them.”
3. Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
4. So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia. From there they sailed to Cyprus.
5. When they were at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. They had also John as their attendant.
6. When they had gone through the island to Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar Jesus,
7. who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of understanding. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul, and sought to hear the word of God.
8. But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn aside the proconsul from the faith.
9. But Saul, who is also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, fastened his eyes on him,