1-2. The congregation in Antioch was blessed with a number of prophet-preachers and teachers:Barnabas,Simon, nicknamed Niger,Lucius the Cyrenian,Manaen, an advisor to the ruler Herod,Saul.One day as they were worshiping God—they were also fasting as they waited for guidance—the Holy Spirit spoke: “Take Barnabas and Saul and commission them for the work I have called them to do.”
3. So they commissioned them. In that circle of intensity and obedience, of fasting and praying, they laid hands on their heads and sent them off.
12. When the governor saw what happened, he became a believer, full of enthusiasm over what they were saying about the Master.