4 [12:20]And he was displeased with the Tyrians and Sidonians; but they came with one accord to him, and having persuaded Blastus who was over the king's bedchamber, desired peace, because their country was nourished by the king's. [12:21]And on an appointed day Herod having put on his royal apparel, and sitting on the tribunal, made a speech to them; [12:22]and the people shouted, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man. [12:23]And an angel of the Lord instantly smote him because he gave not glory to God, and being eaten with worms he expired. [12:24]And the word of God grew and was increased. CHAPTER XI. THE FIRST MISSION OF PAUL AND BARNABAS TO CYPRUS AND ASIA MINOR.--A.D. 46-49. 1 [12:25]AND Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, having performed the service, taking with them also John who was called Mark. [13:1]And there were prophets and teachers in the church at Antioch; Barnabas and Simeon called Niger [the black], and Lucius the Cyrenian, and Manaen the foster brother of Herod the Tetrarch, and Saul. [13:2]And while they served the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them. [13:3]Then having fasted and prayed and imposed hands on them, they sent them forth. [13:4]They, therefore, being sent forth by the Holy Spirit went down to Seleucia, and thence sailed to Cyprus; [13:5]and coming to Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews; and they also had John for a servant. 2 [13:6]And having gone through the whole island to Paphos, they found a certain magian, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus, [13:7]who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. This man having called for Barnabas and Saul desired to hear the word of God; [13:8]but Elymas the magian, for so his name is interpreted, opposed them, seeking to turn away the proconsul from the faith. [13:9]But Saul, [called] also Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looking steadily at him [13:10]said, O full of all deceit and all craft, son of a devil, enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord? [13:11]And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you shall be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell upon him a mist and darkness, and going about he sought guides. [13:12]Then the proconsul seeing what was done believed, and was astonished at the teaching of the Lord. 3 [13:13]And those with Paul, sailing from Paphos, went to Perga in Pamphylia; but John left them and returned to Jerusalem. [13:14]And passing on from Perga, they went to Antioch in Pisidia, and going into the synagogue on the Sabbath they sat down. [13:15]And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the synagogue rulers sent to them, saying, Men and brothers, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, speak.