2While they were engaged in the worship of the Lord and were fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul, for the work to which I have called them.”
3Accordingly, after fasting and prayer, they placed their hands on them and dismissed them.
4Barnabas and Saul, sent on this mission, as they were, by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia, and from there sailed to Cyprus.
5On reaching Salamis, they began to tell the message of God in the Jewish synagogues; and they had John with them as an assistant.
6After passing through the whole island, they reached Paphos, where they found an astrologer who pretended to be a prophet — a Jew by birth, whose name was Barjoshua.
7He was at the court of the Governor, Sergius Paulus, a man of intelligence, who sent for Barnabas and Saul and asked to be told God's message.
8But Elymas, the astrologer (for that is the meaning of the word), opposed them, eager to divert the Governor's attention from the faith.
9However, Saul (who is the same as Paul), full of the Holy Spirit, fixed his eyes on him and said,
Acts 13
Acts 13:2-9