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 said, Four days ago, I was fasting till this hour; and at the ninth hour was praying in my house; and lo! a man stood before me in bright clothing,

Moreover, when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance; for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men to be fasting. Truly do I say to you, They have received their reward.

Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast, and thy disciples fast not?

and she was a widow eightyfour years old, who never left the temple, worshipping with fastings and prayers night and day.

Defraud not one another, except by agreement for a time, that ye may have a season for prayer; and be together again, that Satan may not tempt you through your incontinence.

in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;

by weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.

The holy

And while Peter was meditating on the vision, the Spirit said to him, Behold, men are seeking thee;

And having gone through Phrygia and the Galatian country, on being forbidden by the Holy Spirit to preach the word in Asia,

But all these worketh the one and selfsame Spirit, allotting to each one severally as it will.

Separate

And he said to me, Depart; for I will send thee far hence to the gentiles.

Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, a called apostle, set apart to preach the gospel of God,

and how shall men preach, unless they are sent forth? as it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring glad tidings of peace, who bring glad tidings of good things!"

But when it pleased him who set me apart from my very birth, and called me through his grace,

(for he who wrought for Peter in behalf of the apostleship to the circumcised, wrought also for me in behalf of the gentiles,)

and the things which thou didst hear from me before many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, such as will be able to teach others also.

The work

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

and thence set sail for Antioch, whence they had been commended to the grace of God, for the work which they had accomplished.

Pray therefore the Lord of the harvest to send forth laborers for his harvest.

After these things, the Lord appointed also seventy others, and sent them two and two before him into every city and place where he himself was about to come.

of which I became a minister according to the gift of the grace of God, given to me according to the effectual working of his power.

whereunto I was appointed a herald and an apostle, (I speak the truth, I lie not,) a teacher of the gentiles in faith and truth.

for which I was appointed a herald, and an apostle, and a teacher of the gentiles.

And no one taketh this honor to himself, but when called by God, as was Aaron.

General references

And the Spirit said to Philip, Go near and join thyself to this chariot.