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Acts 13:4

Barnabas and Saul were sent out by the Holy Spirit. They went to the city of Seleucia. Then they sailed from there to the island of Cyprus.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Cyprus;   Holy Spirit;   Missions;   Paul;   Salamis;   Seleucia;   Scofield Reference Index - Miracles;   Thompson Chain Reference - Cyprus;   Missionary Journeys;   Missions, World-Wide;   Paul's;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Holy Spirit, the, Is God;   Ministers;   Missionary Work by Ministers;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Barnabas;   Cyprus;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Acts, book of;   Antioch in syria;   Barnabas;   Church;   Cyprus;   Gospels;   Holy spirit;   Mission;   Paul;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Magic;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Seleucia;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Apostle;   Cyprus;   Mark, John;   Salamis;   Seleucia;   Ship;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Acts;   Ephesians, Book of;   Holy;   Luke, Gospel of;   Mark, John;   Seleucia;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Antioch;   Bible;   Canon of the New Testament;   Chronology of the New Testament;   Cyprus;   Galatians, Epistle to the;   Island, Isle;   Paul the Apostle;   Stephen;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Church Government;   Gentiles;   Ordination;   Seleucia ;   Sergius Paulus;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Barnabas ;   Cyprus ;   Seleucia ;   Trinity;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Iconium;   Jeremiah;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Antioch;   Cyprus;   Seleucia;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Cy'prus,;   Sele-U'cia,;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Cyprus;   Seleucia;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Saul of Tarsus;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Barnabas;   Commerce;   Cyprus;   Ordain;   Paulus, Sergius;   Phrygia;   Seleucia;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus.
King James Version (1611)
So they being sent forth by the holy Ghost, departed vnto Seleucia, and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.
King James Version
So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.
English Standard Version
So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus.
New American Standard Bible
So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia and from there they sailed to Cyprus.
New Century Version
Barnabas and Saul, sent out by the Holy Spirit, went to the city of Seleucia. From there they sailed to the island of Cyprus.
Amplified Bible
So then, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia and from there they sailed to Cyprus.
Legacy Standard Bible
So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia and from there they sailed to Cyprus.
Berean Standard Bible
Then Barnabas and Saul, sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus.
Contemporary English Version
After Barnabas and Saul had been sent by the Holy Spirit, they went to Seleucia. From there they sailed to the island of Cyprus.
Complete Jewish Bible
So these two, after they had been sent out by the Ruach HaKodesh, went down to Seleucia and from there sailed to Cyprus.
Darby Translation
They therefore, having been sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia, and thence sailed away to Cyprus.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And they, after they were sent foorth of the holy Ghost, came downe vnto Seleucia, and from thence they sayled to Cyprus.
George Lamsa Translation
Thus these two were sent forth by the Holy Spirit, and went down to Se-leu''ci-a; and from there they sailed to Cy''prus.
Good News Translation
Having been sent by the Holy Spirit, Barnabas and Saul went to Seleucia and sailed from there to the island of Cyprus.
Lexham English Bible
Therefore, sent out by the Holy Spirit, they came down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed away to Cyprus.
Literal Translation
Then these indeed sent out by the Holy Spirit went down to Seleucia, and from there sailed away to Cyprus.
American Standard Version
So they, being sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.
Bible in Basic English
So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia; and from there they went by ship to Cyprus.
Hebrew Names Version
So, being sent forth by the Ruach HaKodesh, they went down to Seleucia. From there they sailed to Cyprus.
International Standard Version
Being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went to Seleucia and from there sailed to Cyprus.Acts 4:36;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
And they, being sent by the Spirit of Holiness, went down to Selukia, and from thence proceeded by sea to Cyprus.
Murdock Translation
And they, being sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia, and from there they went by sea as far as Cyprus.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they, after they were sent foorth of the holy ghost, departed vnto Seleucia, & from thence they sealed to Cyprus.
English Revised Version
So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, went down to Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.
World English Bible
So, being sent forth by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia. From there they sailed to Cyprus.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
So being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, they went down to Seleucia, and from thence sailed to Cyprus.
Weymouth's New Testament
They therefore, being thus sent out by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleuceia, and from there sailed to Cyprus.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But thei weren sent of the Hooli Goost, and wenten forth to Seleucia, and fro thennus thei wenten bi boot to Cipre.
Update Bible Version
So they, being sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia; and from there they sailed to Cyprus.
Webster's Bible Translation
So they being sent forth by the Holy Spirit, departed to Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.
New English Translation
So Barnabas and Saul, sent out by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus.
New King James Version
So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus.
New Living Translation
So Barnabas and Saul were sent out by the Holy Spirit. They went down to the seaport of Seleucia and then sailed for the island of Cyprus.
New Life Bible
They were sent by the Holy Spirit to the city of Seleucia. From there they went by ship to the island of Cyprus.
New Revised Standard
So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia; and from there they sailed to Cyprus.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
They, therefore, being sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down unto Seleucia, and, from thence, sailed away unto Cyprus;
Douay-Rheims Bible
So they, being sent by the Holy Ghost, went to Seleucia: and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.
Revised Standard Version
So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleu'cia; and from there they sailed to Cyprus.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And they after they were sent of the holy goost came vnto Seleutia and from thence they sayled to Cyprus.
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,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And they beynge sent of the holy goost, came vnto Seleucia, from thence they sayled vnto Cypers.
Mace New Testament (1729)
being thus appointed missionarys by the holy spirit, they went to Seleucia, where they embark'd for Cyprus.
THE MESSAGE
Sent off on their new assignment by the Holy Spirit, Barnabas and Saul went down to Seleucia and caught a ship for Cyprus. The first thing they did when they put in at Salamis was preach God's Word in the Jewish meeting places. They had John along to help out as needed.
Simplified Cowboy Version
The two cowboys, guided by the Holy Spirit, long trotted to Seleucia, and then sailed from there to Cyprus.

Contextual Overview

4 Barnabas and Saul were sent out by the Holy Spirit. They went to the city of Seleucia. Then they sailed from there to the island of Cyprus. 5 When Barnabas and Saul came to the city of Salamis, they told the message of God in the Jewish synagogues. John Mark was with them to help. 6 They went across the whole island to the city of Paphos. There they met a Jewish man named Barjesus who did magic. He was a false prophet. 7 He always stayed close to Sergius Paulus, who was the governor and a very smart man. He invited Barnabas and Saul to come visit him, because he wanted to hear the message of God. 8 But the magician Elymas (as Barjesus was called in Greek) spoke against them, trying to stop the governor from believing in Jesus. 9 But Saul (also known as Paul), filled with the Holy Spirit, looked hard at Elymas 10 and said, "You son of the devil, full of lies and all kinds of evil tricks! You are an enemy of everything that is right. Will you never stop trying to change the Lord's truths into lies? 11 Now the Lord will touch you and you will be blind. For a time you will not be able to see anything—not even the light from the sun." Then everything became dark for Elymas. He walked around lost. He was trying to find someone to lead him by the hand. 12 When the governor saw this, he believed. He was amazed at the teaching about the Lord. 13 Paul and the people with him sailed away from Paphos. They came to Perga, a city in Pamphylia. There John Mark left them and returned to Jerusalem.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

being: Acts 20:23

Cyprus: Acts 4:36, Acts 11:19, Acts 27:4

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 23:21 - General Luke 10:2 - the Lord John 14:26 - Holy Ghost Acts 10:20 - for Acts 11:12 - the Spirit Acts 15:36 - in every Acts 15:39 - and sailed Acts 21:3 - Cyprus Romans 15:19 - so that

Cross-References

Genesis 4:26
Seth also had a son. He named him Enosh. At that time people began to pray to the Lord .
Genesis 13:1
So Abram left Egypt. He traveled through the Negev with his wife and everything he owned. Lot was also with them.
Genesis 13:2
At this time Abram was very rich. He had many animals and much silver and gold.
Genesis 13:3
Abram continued traveling around. He left the Negev and went back to Bethel. He went to the place between the city of Bethel and Ai, where he and his family had camped before.
Genesis 13:7
(The Canaanites and the Perizzites were also living in this land at the same time.) The shepherds of Abram and Lot began to argue.
Genesis 13:8
So Abram said to Lot, "There should be no arguing between you and me or between your people and my people. We are all brothers.
Genesis 13:18
So Abram moved his tents. He went to live near the big trees of Mamre. This was near the city of Hebron. There he built an altar to honor the Lord .
Psalms 26:8
Lord , I love the house where you live, the place where your glory is.
Psalms 84:10
One day in your Temple is better than a thousand days anywhere else. Serving as a guard at the gate of my God's house is better than living in the homes of the wicked.
Psalms 107:1
Praise the Lord , because he is good! His faithful love will last forever!

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So they being sent forth of the Holy Ghost,.... This is said, lest it should be thought they were sent by men; it was the Holy Ghost that moved the prophets at Antioch to separate them from them, and to send them away; and who inclined their minds to go, and directed them what course to steer: and accordingly they

departed to Seleucia; which was a city of Syria, called by Pliny, Seleucia Pieria d; it had its name from Seleucus Nicanor, king of Egypt, who was the builder of it: it was not far from Antioch, it is said to be twenty four miles from it; it is the first city of Syria from Cilicia, and was situated at the mouth of the river Orontes; wherefore Saul and Barnabas made no stay here; and it seems that their coming hither was only in order to take shipping for the island of Cyprus; for Seleucia was upon the sea coast, as appears from:

"King Ptolemee therefore, having gotten the dominion of the cities by the sea unto Seleucia upon the sea coast, imagined wicked counsels against Alexander.'' (1 Maccabees 11:8)

and was the proper place to set sail from to Cyprus. So we read of Apollonius Tyaneus and his companions e, that

"they went down to the sea by Seleucia, where having got a ship, "they sailed to Cyprus:" and so it follows here,''

and from thence they sailed to Cyprus; an island in the Mediterranean sea, the native country of Barnabas, Acts 4:36

Acts 4:36- :

d L. 5. c. 12, 21. e Philostrat. Vita Apollon. l. 3. c. 16.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Being sent forth by the Holy Ghost - Having been called to this world by the Holy Spirit, and being under his direction.

Departed unto Seleucia - This city was situated at the mouth of the river Orontes, where it fails into the Mediterranean. Antioch was connected with the sea by the Orontes River. Strabo says that in his time they sailed up the river in one day. The distance from Antioch to Seleucia by water is about 41 miles, while the journey by land is only 16 12 miles (Life and Epistles of Paul, vol. 1, p. 185. “Seleucia united the two characters of a fortress and a seaport. It was situated on a rocky eminence, which is the southern extremity of an elevated range of hills projecting from Mount Aranus. From the southeast, where the ruins of the Antioch gate are still conspicuous, the ground rose toward the northeast into high and craggy summits; and round the greater part of the circumference of 4 miles the city was protected by its natural position. The harbor and mercantile suburb were on level ground toward the west; but here, as on the only weak point at Gibraltar, strong artificial defenses had made compensation for the weakness of nature. Seleucus, who had named his metropolis in his father’s honor (p. 122), gave his own name to this maritime fortress; and here, around his tomb, his successors contended for the key of Syria. ‘Seleucia by the sea’ was a place of great importance under the Seleucidae and the Ptolemies, and so it remained under the sway of the Romans. In consequence of its bold resistance to Tigranes when he was in possession of all the neighboring country, Pompey gave it the privileges of a ‘free city;’ and a contemporary of Paul speaks of it as having those privileges still.

Here, in the midst of unsympathizing sailors, the two missionary apostles, with their younger companion, stepped on board the vessel which was to convey them to Salamis. As they cleared the port, the whole sweep of the bay of Antioch opened on their left - the low ground by the mouth of the Orontes; the wild and woody country beyond it; and then the peak of Mount Casius, rising symmetrically from the very edge of the sea to a height of 5000 feet. On the right, in the southwest horizon, if the day was clear, they saw the island of Cyprus from the first. The current sets northerly and northeast between the island and the Syrian coast. But with a fair wind, a few hours would enable them to run down from Seleucia to Salamis, and the land would rapidly rise in forms well known and familiar to Barnabas and Mark” (Life and Epistles of Paul, vol. 1, pp. 135, 138).

They sailed to Cyprus - An island in the Mediterranean, not far from Seleucia. See the notes on Acts 4:36.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 13:4. Being sent forth by the Holy Ghost — By his influence, authority, and under his continual direction. Without the first, they were not qualified to go; without the second, they had no authority to go; and without the third, they could not know where to go.

Departed, unto Seleucia — This is generally understood to be Seleucia of Pieria, the first city on the coast of Syria, coming from Cilicia; near the place where the river Orontes pours itself into the sea.

They sailed to Cyprus. — A well known island in the Mediterranean Sea. Acts 4:36; Acts 4:36.


 
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