And they that were scattered of the tribulation that was made under Stephen, walked forth to Phoenicia, and to Cyprus, and to Antioch, and spake the word to no man, but to Jews alone.
And when they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said to them, Set apart ye to me Saul and Barnabas, into the work to which I have taken them.
But after some days, Paul said to Barnabas, Turn we again, and visit we [our] brethren by all cities, in which we have preached the word of the Lord, how they have them.
Forsooth Joseph, that was named Barnabas of [the] apostles, that is to say, the son of comfort, of the lineage of Levi [or a Levite by kin], a man of Cyprus,