Acts 15:38-41

³⁸but Paul felt that they ought not to take with them the man who had deserted them in Pamphylia, and had not gone on with them to their work.

³⁹This caused such unpleasant feeling between them that they parted ways, Barnabas taking Mark and sailing for Cyprus,

⁴⁰while Paul chose Silas for his companion and, after he had been committed by the followers to the gracious care of the Lord,

⁴¹started on his journey and went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches in the faith.