KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Acts 13:3–4
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Acts 13:3
3And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
3And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their handes on them, they sent them away.
Acts 13:4
4¶ So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.
4¶ So they being sent forth by the holy Ghost, departed vnto Seleucia, and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.
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DEFINED WORDS
Acts 13:3
Firm, fixed, or secure; moving quickly; also an abstinence from food or the act of abstaining.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893
Placed, set down, imposed, or arranged.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
The end parts of the arms used for holding and working; also figures of power, possession, agency, or aid.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Caused to go or be carried; dispatched.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
DEFINED WORDS
Acts 13:4
Caused to go or be carried; dispatched.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Outward, onward, or away from a place.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Belonging to God or set apart for him; sacred; morally pure. Applied to God, it expresses his perfect purity; in Holy Ghost or Holy Spirit, it identifies the Spirit of God.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
The spirit; in 'give up the ghost,' to yield the spirit and die.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
To depart: to leave, go away, withdraw, or die, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Travelled or proceeded in a ship or other vessel over water.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Cyprus, the island named in the KJV.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study6Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
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Open the full verse study2And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
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Open the full verse study14Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
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Open the full verse study2As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
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Open the full verse study23And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.
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Open the full verse study26And thence sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been recommended to the grace of God for the work which they fulfilled.
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Open the full verse study22Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure.
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Open the full verse study8We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth.
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Open the full verse study23And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses.
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Open the full verse study15And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
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Open the full verse study6Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.
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Open the full verse study40And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being recommended by the brethren unto the grace of God.
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Open the full verse study15Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:
16(For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)
17Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
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Open the full verse study6Which have borne witness of thy charity before the church: whom if thou bring forward on their journey after a godly sort, thou shalt do well:
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Open the full verse study17And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost.
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Open the full verse study36And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus,
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Open the full verse study2As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
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Open the full verse study19¶ Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only.
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Open the full verse study23Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.
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Open the full verse study4And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.
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