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Acts 13:13-15

From Paphos, Paul and his companions sailed to Perga in Pamphylia, where John left them to return to Jerusalem. From Perga they went on to Pisidian Antioch. On the Sabbath they entered the synagogue and sat down. After the reading from the Law and the Prophets, the leaders of the synagogue sent word to them, saying, 'Brothers, if you have a word of exhortation for the people, please speak.' (NIVUK)

This is the first episode where Paul takes the role of primary evangelist - until this point the text refers to ‘Barnabas and Saul’ but from here it is ‘Paul and his companions’. Barnabas was there (Acts 13:42) but his job in encouraging Paul, and mentoring him in mission (Acts 13:2; Acts 13:7), was over. John Mark had travelled with them as an apprentice, from Antioch in Syria, to Cyprus. There they travelled the length of the country from east to west. They boarded a ship from Paphos to Attallia, in what is now southern Turkey (Acts 14:24-26), from where they travelled a few miles nor