So Barnabas and Saul, sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus.
The Church did not elect them, God did. The Church merely received those offered by His hand. They went down to Seleucia, a Syrian city, because it was the port nearest Cyprus by sea.
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Sent forth by the Holy Ghost, that was their courage. If He sends them, He goes with them, strengthens them, carries them through their work, and gives them success. They feared nothing then, but sailed cheerfully from their harbour at Antioch.
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Commenting on Acts 13:4-13
They were sent by the Holy Ghost, not by men. It was He who moved the prophets to separate them, who inclined their hearts to go, and who directed their course. Seleucia was merely their port; they made no stay there, only took ship for Cyprus.
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