^13:4So Barnabas and Saul,¹² sent out by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia,¹³ and from there they sailed to Cyprus.¹⁴^13:5When¹⁵ they arrived¹⁶ in Salamis,¹⁷ they began to proclaim¹⁸ the word of God in the Jewish synagogues.¹⁹ (Now they also had John²⁰ as their assistant.)²¹

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Footnotes

12 Grk “they”; the referents (Barnabas and Saul) have been specified in the translation for clarity.
13 Seleucia was the port city of Antioch in Syria.
14 Cyprus was a large island in the Mediterranean off the south coast of Asia Minor.
15 Grk “And when.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.
16 The participle γενόμενοι (genomenoi) is taken temporally.
17 Salamis was a city on the southeastern coast of the island of Cyprus. This was a commercial center and a center of Judaism.
18 The imperfect verb κατήγγελλον (katēngellon) has been translated as an ingressive imperfect.
19 See the note on synagogue in .
20 John refers here to John Mark (see Acts 12:25).
21 The word ὑπηρέτης (hupēretēs) usually has the meaning “servant,” but it is doubtful John Mark fulfilled that capacity for Barnabas and Saul. He was more likely an apprentice or assistant to them. This is a parenthetical note by the author.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus. When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had John to assist them.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The two of them, sent on their way by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus. When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. John was with them as their helper.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

So being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus. Arriving in Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. They also had John as their assistant.

NLTNew Living Translation

So Barnabas and Saul were sent out by the Holy Spirit. They went down to the seaport of Seleucia and then sailed for the island of Cyprus. There, in the town of Salamis, they went to the Jewish synagogues and preached the word of God. John Mark went with them as their assistant.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Therefore, sent out by the Holy Spirit, they came down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed away to Cyprus. And when they came to Salamis, they began to proclaim the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they also had John as assistant.

KJV 1900King James Version

So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus. And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister.

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