1Now there were in Antioch, in the assembly that existed there, prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.2While they were serving the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, 'Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.'3Then, after they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them off.