⁴ So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia. From there they sailed to Cyprus.

³⁶ Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas (which is, being interpreted, Son of Encouragement), a Levite, a man of Cyprus by race,

² As they served the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, "Separate Barnabas and Saul for me, for the work to which I have called them."

¹⁹ They therefore who were scattered abroad by the oppression that arose about Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except to Jews only.

²³ except that the Holy Spirit testifies in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions wait for me.

⁴ Putting to sea from there, we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.