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Acts 13:2-4
Lexham English Bible
Acts 13:2-4
Lexham English Bible
2 And while[a] they were serving the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart now for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” 3 Then, after they[b] had fasted and prayed and placed their[c] hands on them, they sent them[d] away.
Confronting a Magician on Cyprus
4 Therefore, sent out by the Holy Spirit, they came down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed away to Cyprus.
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- Acts 13:2 Here “while” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“were serving”)
- Acts 13:3 Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had fasted”) which is understood as temporal
- Acts 13:3 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
- Acts 13:3 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
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