Acts 13:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Now there were at Antioch, in the church there, prophets and teachers, Barnabas, and Symeon who was named Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, a relation of Herod the king, and Saul.

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  • Acts 11:22-27 : 22 And news of them came to the ears of the church at Jerusalem: and they sent Barnabas as far as Antioch: 23 Who, when he came and saw the grace of God, was glad; and he made clear to them the need of keeping near the Lord with all the strength of their hearts: 24 For he was a good man and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith: and a great number were joined to the Lord. 25 Then he went on to Tarsus, looking for Saul; 26 And when he had come across him, he took him to Antioch. And they were with the church there for a year, teaching the people; and the disciples were first given the name of Christians in Antioch. 27 Now in those days prophets came from Jerusalem to Antioch.
  • Acts 4:36 : 36 And Joseph, who was given by the Apostles the name of Barnabas (the sense of which is, Son of comfort), a Levite and a man of Cyprus by birth,
  • Luke 3:1 : 1 Now in the fifteenth year of the rule of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being ruler of Judaea, and Herod being king of Galilee, his brother Philip king of the country of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias king of Abilene,
  • Acts 15:32 : 32 And Judas and Silas, who themselves were prophets, gave teaching to the brothers and made them strong in the faith.
  • 1 Cor 12:28-29 : 28 And God has put some in the church, first, Apostles; second, prophets; third, teachers; then those with wonder-working powers, then those with the power of taking away disease, helpers, wise guides, users of strange tongues. 29 Are all Apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? have all the power of working wonders?
  • Rom 12:6-7 : 6 And having different qualities by reason of the grace given to us, such as the quality of a prophet, let it be made use of in relation to the measure of our faith; 7 Or the position of a Deacon of the church, let a man give himself to it; or he who has the power of teaching, let him make use of it;
  • Eph 4:11 : 11 And he gave some as Apostles, and some, prophets; and some, preachers of the good news; and some to give care and teaching;
  • Phil 4:22 : 22 All the saints send their love to you, specially those who are of Caesar's house.
  • 1 Thess 5:20 : 20 Do not make little of the words of the prophets;
  • Rom 16:21 : 21 Timothy, who is working with me, sends his love to you, so do Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, my relations.
  • 1 Cor 9:6 : 6 Or I only and Barnabas, have we no right to take a rest from work?
  • 1 Cor 14:24-25 : 24 But if all are teaching as prophets, and a man without faith or knowledge comes in, he is tested by all, he is judged by all; 25 The secrets of his heart are made clear; and he will go down on his face and give worship to God, saying that God is truly among you.
  • Gal 2:9 : 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;
  • Gal 2:13 : 13 And the rest of the Jews went after him, so that even Barnabas was overcome by their false ways.
  • Matt 14:1-9 : 1 At that time news of Jesus came to Herod the king; 2 And he said to his servants, This is John the Baptist; he has come back from the dead, and so these powers are working in him. 3 For Herod had taken John and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife. 4 Because John had said to him, It is not right for you to have her. 5 And he would have put him to death, but for his fear of the people, because in their eyes John was a prophet. 6 But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias was dancing before them, and Herod was pleased with her. 7 So he gave her his word with an oath to let her have whatever she might make request for. 8 And she, at her mother's suggestion, said, Give me here on a plate the head of John the Baptist. 9 And the king was sad; but because of his oaths and because of his guests, he gave the order for it to be given to her; 10 And he sent and had John's head cut off in the prison.
  • Acts 15:35 : 35 But Paul and Barnabas kept on in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of God, with a number of others.
  • Acts 19:6 : 6 And when Paul had put his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them; and they had the power of talking in tongues, and acting like prophets.
  • Acts 21:9 : 9 And he had four daughters, virgins, who were prophets.
  • Acts 11:30 : 30 Which they did, sending it to the rulers of the church by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.
  • Acts 13:9 : 9 But Saul, whose other name is Paul, being full of the Holy Spirit, looking hard at him, said,
  • Acts 14:26-27 : 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. 27 And when they came there, and had got the church together, they gave them an account of all the things which God had done through them, and how he had made open a door of faith to the Gentiles.
  • Luke 3:19-20 : 19 But Herod the king, because John had made a protest on account of Herodias, his brother's wife, and other evil things which Herod had done, 20 Did this most evil thing of all, and had John shut up in prison.
  • Luke 13:31-32 : 31 At that time, certain Pharisees came to him and said, Go away from this place, because Herod's purpose is to put you to death. 32 And he said, Go and say to that fox, I send out evil spirits and do works of mercy today and tomorrow, and on the third day my work will be complete.
  • Luke 23:7-9 : 7 And when he saw that he was under the authority of Herod, he sent him to Herod, who was in Jerusalem himself at that time. 8 Now when Herod saw Jesus he was very glad, having for a long time had a desire to see him, for he had had accounts of him, and was hoping to see some wonders done by him. 9 And he put a great number of questions to him, but he said nothing. 10 And the chief priests and the scribes were there, making statements against him violently. 11 And Herod, with the men of his army, put shame on him and made sport of him, and dressing him in shining robes, he sent him back to Pilate.
  • Acts 8:1-3 : 1 And Saul gave approval to his death. Now at that time a violent attack was started against the church in Jerusalem; and all but the Apostles went away into all parts of Judaea and Samaria. 2 And God-fearing men put Stephen's body in its last resting-place, making great weeping over him. 3 But Saul was burning with hate against the church, going into every house and taking men and women and putting them in prison.
  • Acts 9:1 : 1 But Saul, still burning with desire to put to death the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,
  • Acts 11:19-20 : 19 Then those who had gone away at the time of the trouble about Stephen, went as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus, preaching to the Jews only. 20 But some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, when they came to Antioch, gave the good news about the Lord Jesus to the Greeks.
  • Acts 12:25 : 25 And Barnabas and Saul came back from Jerusalem, when their work was ended, taking with them John named Mark.

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  • Acts 13:2-9
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    2And 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.

    3Then, after prayer and going without food they put their hands on them, and sent them away.

    4So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia; and from there they went by ship to Cyprus.

    5And at Salamis they were preaching the word of God in the Synagogues of the Jews: and John was with them, helping them.

    6And when they had gone through all the island to Paphos, they came across a certain wonder-worker and false prophet, a Jew whose name was Bar-Jesus;

    7Who was with the ruler, Sergius Paulus, an able man. This man sent for Barnabas and Saul, desiring to have knowledge of the word of God.

    8But Elymas, the wonder-worker (for that is the sense of his name), put himself against them, with the purpose of turning the ruler from the faith.

    9But Saul, whose other name is Paul, being full of the Holy Spirit, looking hard at him, said,

  • Acts 11:19-27
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    19Then those who had gone away at the time of the trouble about Stephen, went as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus, preaching to the Jews only.

    20But some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, when they came to Antioch, gave the good news about the Lord Jesus to the Greeks.

    21And the power of the Lord was with them, and a great number had faith and were turned to the Lord.

    22And news of them came to the ears of the church at Jerusalem: and they sent Barnabas as far as Antioch:

    23Who, when he came and saw the grace of God, was glad; and he made clear to them the need of keeping near the Lord with all the strength of their hearts:

    24For he was a good man and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith: and a great number were joined to the Lord.

    25Then he went on to Tarsus, looking for Saul;

    26And when he had come across him, he took him to Antioch. And they were with the church there for a year, teaching the people; and the disciples were first given the name of Christians in Antioch.

    27Now in those days prophets came from Jerusalem to Antioch.

  • Acts 9:27
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    27But Barnabas took him to the Apostles and gave them an account of how he had seen the Lord on the road, and had given hearing to his words, and how at Damascus he had been preaching in the name of Jesus without fear.

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    30Which they did, sending it to the rulers of the church by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

  • Acts 15:22
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    22Then it seemed good to the Apostles and the rulers and all the church, to send men from among them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; Judas, named Barsabbas, and Silas, chief men among the brothers:

  • Acts 15:35
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    35But Paul and Barnabas kept on in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of God, with a number of others.

  • Acts 13:13-15
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    13Then Paul and those who were with him went by ship from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia: and there John went away from them and came back to Jerusalem.

    14But they, going through from Perga, came to Antioch in Pisidia; and they went into the Synagogue on the Sabbath and were seated.

    15And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the Synagogue sent to them, saying, Brothers, if you have a word of comfort for the people, say on.

  • Acts 6:5
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    5And this saying was pleasing to all of them: and they made selection of Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip and Prochorus and Nicanor and Timon and Parmenas and Nicolas of Antioch, who had become a Jew:

  • Acts 1:13
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    13And when they came in, they went up into the room where they were living; Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James, the son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas, the son of James.

  • Acts 8:1
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    1And Saul gave approval to his death. Now at that time a violent attack was started against the church in Jerusalem; and all but the Apostles went away into all parts of Judaea and Samaria.

  • Acts 9:10-11
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    10Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and the Lord said to him in a vision, Ananias! and he said, Here I am, Lord.

    11And the Lord said to him, Get up, and go to the street which is named Straight, and make search at the house of Judas for one named Saul of Tarsus: for he is at prayer;

  • Acts 14:21
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    21And having made a number of disciples through the preaching of the good news in that town, they went back to Lystra and Iconium and Antioch,

  • Acts 8:14
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    14Now when the Apostles at Jerusalem had news that the people of Samaria had taken the word of God into their hearts, they sent to them Peter and John;

  • Acts 4:36
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    36And Joseph, who was given by the Apostles the name of Barnabas (the sense of which is, Son of comfort), a Levite and a man of Cyprus by birth,

  • Acts 9:30
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    30And when the brothers had knowledge of it, they took him to Caesarea and sent him to Tarsus.

  • Acts 2:10
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    10In Phrygia and Pamphylia, in Egypt and the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and those who have come from Rome, Jews by birth and others who have become Jews,

  • Acts 14:26
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    26And 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 13:44
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    44And on the Sabbath after, almost all the town came together to give hearing to the word of God.

  • Acts 15:3-4
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    3So they, being sent on their way by the church, went through Phoenicia and Samaria, giving news of the salvation of the Gentiles, to the great joy of all the brothers.

    4And when they came to Jerusalem, they had a meeting with the church and the Apostles and the rulers, and they gave an account of all the things which God had done through them.

  • Acts 11:12-13
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    12And the Spirit gave me orders to go with them, doubting nothing. And these six brothers came with me; and we went into that man's house:

    13And he gave us an account of how he had seen the angel in his house, saying, Send to Joppa, and get Simon, named Peter, to come to you;

  • Acts 15:14
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    14Symeon has given an account of how God was first pleased to take from among the Gentiles a people for himself.

  • Acts 6:9
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    9But some of those who were of the Synagogue named that of the Libertines, and some of the men of Cyrene and of Alexandria and those from Cilicia and Asia, had arguments with Stephen.

  • Acts 9:13
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    13But Ananias said, Lord, I have had accounts of this man from a number of people, how much evil he has done to your saints at Jerusalem:

  • Acts 12:25
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    25And Barnabas and Saul came back from Jerusalem, when their work was ended, taking with them John named Mark.

  • Luke 6:14
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    14Simon, to whom he gave the name of Peter, and Andrew, his brother, and James and John and Philip and Bartholomew

  • Acts 8:9
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    9But there was a certain man named Simon, who in the past had been a wonder-worker and a cause of surprise to the people of Samaria, saying that he himself was a great man:

  • Gal 1:21
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    21Then I came to the parts of Syria and Cilicia.

  • Acts 9:17
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    17And Ananias went out and came to the house, and putting his hands on him, said, Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, whom you saw when you were on your journey, has sent me, so that you may be able to see, and be full of the Holy Spirit.

  • Acts 10:5
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    5Now send men to Joppa, and get one Simon, named Peter,

  • Acts 15:25
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    25It seemed good to us, having come to an agreement together, to send these men to you, with our well loved Barnabas and Paul,