Acts 13:1

¹Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch) and Saul.a

Acts 13 marks a pivotal hinge in the book of Acts: the first missionary journey of Paul and Barnabas, commissioned by the Holy Spirit through the church at Antioch. The chapter opens with the Spirit’s clear directive to set apart these two men for the work to which He has called the