KJV King James Version
So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.
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Acts 13:4
So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So Barnabas and Saul, sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus.
WEB World English Bible
So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia. From there they sailed to Cyprus.
ASV American Standard Version
So they, being sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
These, indeed, then, having been sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia, thence also they sailed to Cyprus,
Surrounding context — Acts 13
1 Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
2 As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
3 And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid [their] hands on them, they sent [them] away.
4 So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.
5 And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to [their] minister.
6 And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name [was] Barjesus:
7 Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.
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ΑὐτοὶG846 · autosit/s/heμὲνG3303 · menon the other handοὖνG3767 · ountherefore/thenἐκπεμφθέντεςG1599 · ekpempōto send away/outὑπὸG5259 · hupoby/under: byτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoἁγίουG40 · hagiosholyπνεύματοςG4151 · pneumaspirit/breath: spiritκατῆλθονG2718 · katerchomaito descendεἰςG1519 · eistowardΣελεύκειαν,G4581 · SeleukeiaSeleuciaἐκεῖθένG1564 · ekeithenfrom thereτεG5037 · teand/bothἀπέπλευσανG636 · apopleōto set sailεἰςG1519 · eistowardΚύπρον.G2954 · KuprosCyprus
Cross-references
Acts 4:36And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, [and] of the country of Cyprus,Acts 13:2As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.Acts 11:19Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only.Acts 20:23Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.Acts 27:4And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.
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