Acts 13:2

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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 having 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 I was praying in my house,

Moreover, when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites of a sad countenance; for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast: verily I say unto you, they have their reward.

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

And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, who departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers, night and day.

Withdraw not from each other, unless it be by consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to prayer, and may come together again, lest Satan tempt you through your incontinence.

in necessities, in distresses, In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;

In labour and toil, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.

The holy

While Peter was musing on the vision, the Spirit said to him, Behold, men seek thee.

And having gone through Phrygia and the region of Galatia, being forbid by the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia,

But one and the same Spirit worketh all these, dividing to every one severally as he willeth.

Separate

But he said to me, Depart: for I will send thee far off to the Gentiles.

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated to the gospel of God,

But how shall they preach, unless they be sent? As it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them who bring the good tidings of peace, who bring the glad tidings of good things!

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

(For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, wrought likewise effectually in me toward the Gentiles:

And the things which thou hast heard from me before many witnesses, these commit to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.

The work

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

they went down to Attalia, And thence sailed back to Antioch, from whence they had been recommended to the grace of God, for the work which they had fulfilled.

Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.

After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two by two into every place, whither he himself intended to come.

Of which I have been made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by the effectual working of his power.

to be testified of in due season, Whereunto I am ordained a preacher and an apostle, (I speak the truth, I lie not) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

And no one taketh this honour to himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.

General references

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