Acts 13:1
Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
Study Note
Study Note
The list of prophets and teachers at Antioch — Barnabas, Simeon Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (foster-brother of Herod Antipas), and Saul — is one of the most ethnically and socially diverse leadership profiles in the New Testament. Antioch on the Orontes was the third city of the Roman Empire, and the church there became the base for Paul's three missionary journeys, making this verse the founding scene of organized Christian world mission. The Spirit's intervention (verse 2) during worship and fasting to commission Barnabas and Saul establishes the pneumatological character of missionary calling: it is discerned communally in prayer rather than individually engineered through ambition.
Other Translations
Now there were at Antioch, in the church that wasthere, prophets and teachers, Barnabas, and Symeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen the foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
And there were certain in Antioch, in the assembly there, prophets and teachers; both Barnabas, and Simeon who is called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen also--Herod the tetrarch's foster-brother--and Saul;
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.
Cross References
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