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BARNABAS AND SAUL SENT


               Act 13:3  And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them
               away.

               Until this time, they had fasted and ministered.  Now they need guidance and they pray.
               Simeon, Lucius, and Manaen lay their hands on Barnabas and Saul.  The purpose is twofold:


                   1.  Their hands represented their agreement with the leadership of the Holy Spirit.
                   2.  Laying hands on Barnabas and Saul indicates the transference of the power of the Holy
                       Spirit to the call upon their lives.

               The hands of these men represent the hand of the Lord and the power of the Holy Spirit.  Until
               this time, hands have only been used for the infilling of the Holy Spirit and healing.  This is the
               first case of hands being laid on individuals for separation into ministry.


               PREACHING IN CYPRUS (4-12)

               Barnabas and Paul traveled from Antioch to the city of Seleucia, just south of Antioch and from
               there, sail to the island of Cyprus.  They arrive in the city of Salamis where they preached to the

               Jews in the synagogues.  From there they traveled to Paphos, and the proconsul calls for them
               because he wants to hear the Word of God.  Present with the proconsul is a sorcerer who tries
               to turn him from the message of faith.  Saul (Paul) filled with the Holy Spirit, confronts the man,
               who suddenly becomes blind and requests to be led out of the room by his hand.  When the
               proconsul sees this “wonder,” he believes.


               SELEUCIA

               Act 13:4  So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence
               they sailed to Cyprus.


               Even though men sent them forth, Barnabas and Saul consider this the work of the Holy Spirit.
               Seleucia is the port where they caught a ship to Cyprus, an island in the Mediterranean.  This
               island is valuable to the Romans for its mineral wealth, mainly copper.  The Latin name for
               copper is cyprium, and so the island was named Cyprus for its copper.

               SALAMIS


               Act 13:5  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.
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