Acts 13:1-2

Contemporary English Version

Barnabas and Saul Are Chosen and Sent

13 The church at Antioch had several prophets and teachers. They were Barnabas, Simeon, also called Niger, Lucius from Cyrene, Manaen, who was Herod's^[a] close friend, and Saul. ² While they were worshiping the Lord and going without eating,^[b] the Holy Spirit told them, “Appoint Barnabas and Saul to do the work for which I have chosen them.”