2As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
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But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace,
But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,
Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.
But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-3)We have here a divine warrant and commission to Barnabas and Saul to go and preach the gospel among the Gentiles, and their ordination to that service by the imposition of hands, with fasting and prayer. I. Here is an account of the present state of the church at Antioch, which was planted, Acts 11:20. 1. How well furnished it was with good ministers; there were there certain prophets and teachers…
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