Acts 13:2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.

Fasted

The holy

Acts 10:19

Acts 16:6

1 Corinthians 12:11

Separate

The work

General references

Acts 8:29

Bible References

Fasted

Then, after they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.

And Cornelius replied: Four days ago, I was fasting till this hour; and, at the ninth hour, I was praying in my house; and behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,

And when you fast, do not put on a sad countenance, as the hypocrites do; for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men to be fasting. Verily, I say to you, They have their reward.

Then came to him the disciples of John, saying: Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples fast not?

and she was a widow of about eighty-four years, and she departed not from the temple, but served, day and night, with fastings and prayers.

Debar not one another, unless by agreement for a time, that you may have leisure for prayer; and come together again, lest Satan tempt you through your incontinence.

in stripes, in prisons,, in commotions, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;

in weariness and in toil, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness:

The holy

While Peter was thinking of the vision, the Spirit said to him: Behold, three men ask for you:

When they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, being forbidden by the Holy Spirit to preach the word in Asia,

But all these, the one and the same Spirit makes effectual, distributing to each, respectively, as he wills.

Separate

And he said to me, Depart, for I will send you far off to the Gentiles.

PAUL, a servant of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,

And how shall they preach, unless they be sent? As it is written: How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, who bring joyous news of good things!

But when God, who chose me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace, was pleased

(for he who gave efficiency to Peter, for the apostleship of the circumcision, gave efficiency to me also, as an apostle for the Gentiles,)

and the things which you have heard from me through many witnesses, these do you commit to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.

The work

But the Lord said to him: Go; for he is a vessel chosen by me to bear my name before nations and kings, and the sons of Israel.

thence they sailed to Antioch, from which place they had been commended to the grace of God, for the work which they had accomplished.

Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.

And after these things, the Lord appointed seventy others, also, and sent them, two and two, before his face, into every city and place to which he himself was about to go.

of which I was made a minister according to the gift of the grace of God which was given to me, in proportion to the energy of his power:

to give which testimony I have been appointed a preacher and an apostle; (I speak the truth, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faithfulness and in truth.

to which I have been appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles;

And no one takes this honor to himself, but he that is called by God, as Aaron also was called.

General references

And the Spirit said to Philip: Go forward and join your self to this chariot.