[a]And they after they were sent forth of the holy Ghost, came down unto [b]Seleucia, and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.

And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the Synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister.

So when they had gone throughout the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, being a Jew, named Bar-Jesus,

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 13:4 Paul and his companions do at the first bring Cyprus to the subjection and obedience of Christ.
  2. Acts 13:4 Seleucia was a city of Cilicia, so called of Seleucus one of Alexander’s successors.

On Cyprus

The two of them, sent on their way by the Holy Spirit,(A) went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus.(B) When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God(C) in the Jewish synagogues.(D) John(E) was with them as their helper.

They traveled through the whole island until they came to Paphos. There they met a Jewish sorcerer(F) and false prophet(G) named Bar-Jesus,

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