2 While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the ^jHoly Spirit said, ^k“Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”

Barnabas and Saul Sent Off

1 Now there were in the church at Antioch ⁱprophets and teachers, Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger,¹ Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a lifelong friend of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.