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Ac 13:4 Strong Concordance So [3303] [3767] they [3778], being sent forth [1599] by [5259] the Holy [40] Ghost [4151], departed [2718] unto [1519] Seleucia [4581]; and from [1564] thence [5037] they sailed [636] to [1519] Cyprus [2954].
  King James So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
ARRIVING IN CYPRUS THEY PREACH IN THE SYNAGOGUES OF SALAMIS--AT PAPHOS, ELYMAS IS STRUCK BLIND, AND THE GOVERNOR OF THE ISLAND IS CONVERTED. (Act 13:4-12)

departed unto Seleucia--the seaport of Antioch, from which it lay nearly due west fifteen miles, and five from the Mediterranean shore, on the river Orontes.

thence sailed to Cyprus--whose high mountain summits are easily seen in clear weather from the coast [COLONEL CHESNEY in HOWSON]. "Four reasons may have induced them to turn in first to this island: (1) Its nearness to the mainland; (2) It was the native place of Barnabas, and since the time when Andrew found his brother Simon, and brought him to Jesus, and "Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus," family ties had not been without effect on the progress of the Gospel. (3) It could not be unnatural to suppose that the truth would be welcomed in Cyprus when brought by Barnabas and his kinsman Mark, to their own connections or friends. The Jews were numerous in Salamis. By sailing to that city, they were following the track of the synagogues; and though their mission was chiefly to the Gentiles, their surest course for reaching them was through the proselytes and Hellenizing Jews. (4) Some of the Cypriotes were already Christians. Indeed, no one place out of Palestine, except Antioch, had been so honorably associated with the work of successful evangelization" [HOWSON].
 
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4 So [3303] [3767] they [3778], being sent forth [1599] by [5259] the Holy [40] Ghost [4151], departed [2718] unto [1519] Seleucia [4581]; and from [1564] thence [5037] they sailed [636] to [1519] Cyprus [2954].
5 And [2532] when they were [1096] at [1722] Salamis [4529], they preached [2605] the word [3056] of God [2316] in [1722] the synagogues [4864] of the Jews [2453]: and [1161] they had [2192] also [2532] John [2491] to their minister [5257].
6 And [1161] when they had gone through [1330] the isle [3520] unto [891] Paphos [3974], they found [2147] a certain [5100] sorcerer [3097], a false prophet [5578], a Jew [2453], whose [3739] name [3686] was Barjesus [919]:
7 Which [3739] was [2258] with [4862] the deputy of the country [446], Sergius [4588] Paulus [3972], a prudent [4908] man [435]; who [3778] called [4341] for Barnabas [921] and [2532] Saul [4569], and desired [1934] to hear [191] the word [3056] of God [2316].
8 But [1161] Elymas [1681] the sorcerer [3097] (for [1063] so [3779] is his [846] name [3686] by interpretation [3177] withstood [436] them [846], seeking [2212] to turn away [1294] the deputy [446] from [575] the faith [4102].
9 Then [1161] Saul [4569], (who [3588] also [2532] is called Paul [3972],) filled with [4130] the Holy [40] Ghost [4151], [2532] set his eyes [816] on [1519] him [846],
10 And said [2036], O [5599] full [4134] of all [3956] subtilty [1388] and [2532] all [3956] mischief [4468], thou child [5207] of the devil [1228], thou enemy [2190] of all [3956] righteousness [1343], wilt thou [3973] not [3756] cease [3973] to pervert [1294] the right [2117] ways [3598] of the Lord [2962]?
11 And [2532] now [3568], behold [2400], the hand [5495] of the Lord [2962] is upon [1909] thee [4571], and [2532] thou shalt be [2071] blind [5185], not [3361] seeing [991] the sun [2246] for [891] a season [2540]. And [1161] immediately [3916] there fell [1968] on [1909] him [846] a mist [887] and [2532] a darkness [4655]; and [2532] he went about [4013] seeking [2212] some to lead him by the hand [5497].
12 Then [5119] the deputy [446], when he saw [1492] what was done [1096], believed [4100], being astonished [1605] at [1909] the doctrine [1322] of the Lord [2962].
36 And [1161] Joses [2500], who [3588] by [5259] the apostles [652] was surnamed [1941] Barnabas [921], (which [3739] is [2076], being interpreted [3177], The son [5207] of consolation [3874],) a Levite [3019], and of the country [1085] of Cyprus [2953],
36 And [1161] Joses [2500], who [3588] by [5259] the apostles [652] was surnamed [1941] Barnabas [921], (which [3739] is [2076], being interpreted [3177], The son [5207] of consolation [3874],) a Levite [3019], and of the country [1085] of Cyprus [2953],