Verse 2
And while they were doing the Lord's work, and going without food, the Holy Spirit said, Let Barnabas and Saul be given to me for the special work for which they have been marked out by me.
Referenced Verses
- Acts 9:15 : 15 But the Lord said, Go without fear: for he is a special vessel for me, to give to the Gentiles and kings and to the children of Israel the knowledge of my name:
- Gal 1:15 : 15 But when it was the good pleasure of God, by whom I was marked out even from my mother's body, through his grace,
- 2 Tim 1:11 : 11 Of which I was made a preacher and an Apostle and a teacher;
- 1 Cor 12:11 : 11 But all these are the operations of the one and the same Spirit, giving to every man separately as his pleasure is.
- Rom 1:1 : 1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, an Apostle by the selection of God, given authority as a preacher of the good news,
- Acts 14:26 : 26 And from there they went by ship to Antioch, where they had been handed over to the grace of God for the work which they had not done.
- Acts 8:29 : 29 And the Spirit said to Philip, Go near, and get on his carriage.
- Acts 22:21 : 21 And he said to me, Go, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.
- Acts 16:6-7 : 6 And after they had gone through the land of Phrygia and Galatia, the Holy Spirit did not let them take the word into Asia; 7 And having come to Mysia, they made an attempt to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not let them;
- Acts 20:28 : 28 Give attention to yourselves, and to all the flock which the Holy Spirit has given into your care, to give food to the church of God, for which he gave his blood.
- Acts 10:19 : 19 And, while Peter was turning the vision over in his mind, the Spirit said to him, See, three men are looking for you.
- Acts 10:30 : 30 And Cornelius said, Four days from now I was in my house in prayer at the ninth hour; and I saw before me a man in shining clothing,
- Acts 13:3 : 3 Then, after prayer and going without food they put their hands on them, and sent them away.
- Num 8:11-14 : 11 And Aaron is to give the Levites to the Lord as a wave offering from the children of Israel, so that they may do the Lord's work. 12 And the Levites are to put their hands on the heads of the oxen, and one of the oxen is to be offered for a sin-offering and the other for a burned offering to the Lord to take away the sin of the Levites. 13 Then the Levites are to be put before Aaron and his sons, to be offered as a wave offering to the Lord. 14 So you are to make the Levites separate from the children of Israel, and the Levites will be mine.
- Deut 10:8 : 8 At that time the Lord had the tribe of Levi marked out to take up the ark of the Lord's agreement, to be before the Lord and to do his work and to give blessings in his name, to this day.
- 1 Sam 2:11 : 11 Then Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child became the servant of the Lord under the direction of Eli the priest.
- 1 Chr 16:4 : 4 And he put some of the Levites before the ark of the Lord as servants, to keep the acts of the Lord in memory, and to give worship and praise to the Lord, the God of Israel:
- 1 Chr 16:37-43 : 37 So he made Asaph and his brothers keep their places there before the ark of the agreement of the Lord, to do whatever had to be done before the ark at all times day by day: 38 And Obed-edom, the son of Jeduthun, and Hosah, with their brothers, sixty-eight of them, to be door-keepers: 39 And Zadok the priest, with his brothers the priests, before the House of the Lord in the high place at Gibeon; 40 To give burned offerings to the Lord on the altar of burned offerings morning and evening, every day, as it is ordered in the law of the Lord which he gave to Israel; 41 And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest who were marked out by name to give praise to the Lord, for his mercy is unchanging for ever; 42 And Heman and Jeduthun had horns and brass instruments sounding loudly, and instruments of music for the songs of God; and the sons of Jeduthun were to be at the door. 43 And all the people went away, every man to his house; and David went back to give a blessing to his family.
- Dan 9:3 : 3 And turning my face to the Lord God, I gave myself up to prayer, requesting his grace, going without food, in haircloth and dust.
- Matt 6:16 : 16 And when you go without food, be not sad-faced as the false-hearted are. For they go about with changed looks, so that men may see that they are going without food. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.
- Matt 9:14-15 : 14 Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees frequently go without food, but your disciples do not? 15 And Jesus said to them, Will the friends of the newly-married man be sad as long as he is with them? But the days will come when he will be taken away from them, and then will they go without food.
- Matt 9:38 : 38 Make prayer, then, to the Lord of the grain-fields, that he may send out workers to get in his grain.
- Luke 2:37 : 37 She had been a widow for eighty-four years); she was in the Temple at all times, worshipping with prayers and going without food, night and day.
- Luke 10:1 : 1 Now after these things, the Lord made selection of seventy others and sent them before him, two together, into every town and place where he himself was about to come.
- Acts 6:4 : 4 Then we will give all our time to prayer and the teaching of the word.
- Rom 10:15 : 15 And how will there be preachers if they are not sent? As it is said, How beautiful are the feet of those who give the glad news of good things.
- Rom 15:16 : 16 To be a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, doing the work of a priest in the good news of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles might be pleasing to God, being made holy by the Holy Spirit.
- 1 Cor 7:5 : 5 Do not keep back from one another what is right, but only for a short time, and by agreement, so that you may give yourselves to prayer, and come together again; so that Satan may not get the better of you through your loss of self-control.
- Gal 2:8-9 : 8 (Because he who was working in Peter as the Apostle of the circumcision was working no less in me among the Gentiles); 9 When they saw the grace which was given to me, James and Cephas and John, who had the name of being pillars, gave to me and Barnabas their right hands as friends so that we might go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision;
- Eph 3:7 : 7 Of which I was made a preacher, through that grace of God which was given to me in the measure of the working of his power.
- Col 4:17 : 17 Say to Archippus, See that you do the work which the Lord has given you to do.
- 1 Tim 2:7 : 7 And of this I became a preacher and an Apostle (what I say is true, not false,) and a teacher of the Gentiles in the true faith.
- 2 Cor 6:5 : 5 In blows, in prisons, in attacks, in hard work, in watchings, in going without food;
- 2 Cor 11:27 : 27 In hard work and weariness, in frequent watchings, going without food and drink, cold and in need of clothing.
- 2 Tim 2:2 : 2 And the things which I have said to you before a number of witnesses, give to those of the faith, so that they may be teachers of others.
- 2 Tim 4:5 : 5 But be self-controlled in all things, do without comfort, go on preaching the good news, completing the work which has been given you to do.
- 2 Tim 4:11 : 11 Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and take him with you; for he is of use to me in the work.
- Heb 5:4 : 4 And no man who is not given authority by God, as Aaron was, takes this honour for himself.