Cyprus is the island of Barnabas, and the first stop of the sending.
Barnabas, a Levite, a native of Cyprus.
They sailed to Cyprus.
Barnabas took Mark and sailed away to Cyprus.
Barnabas was a Levite, a native of Cyprus. Men of Cyprus and Cyrene preached the Lord Jesus to the Hellenists in Antioch. When the Spirit set Barnabas and Saul apart, they sailed first to Cyprus. At Salamis they proclaimed the word in the synagogues. At Paphos they met the proconsul Sergius Paulus and Elymas the magician. There Saul is also called Paul. Later, when Paul would not take John Mark, Barnabas took Mark and sailed again to Cyprus.
- Mnason of Cyprus is a disciple of long standing who hosts Paul in Jerusalem.
- The island is not the mission’s end. It is the first landing, and Barnabas’s home.
- The early church in Antioch had Cypriot men in it before the apostles sent anyone.
Barnabas was a native of Cyprus.
The first sending sailed there.
He took Mark back to the island.
- Cyprus is Barnabas’s home island.
- Men of Cyprus helped found the Gentile mission in Antioch.
- The first journey began at Salamis and Paphos.
- Saul is called Paul at Paphos.
- Barnabas and Mark returned to Cyprus after the split.
- Mnason of Cyprus is named later as an early disciple.
- The Son – Barnabas, a native.
- The Men – Cyprus and Cyrene, preaching in Antioch.
- The First Sail – Salamis, then Paphos.
- The Name – Saul called Paul at Paphos.
- The Return – Barnabas and Mark.
- The Host – Mnason of Cyprus.
- Acts 4:36 – “Barnabas… a Levite, a native of Cyprus.”
- Acts 11:20 – “Men of Cyprus and Cyrene… preaching the Lord Jesus.”
- Acts 13:4-6 – “They sailed to Cyprus… Salamis… Paphos.”
- Acts 15:39 – “Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed away to Cyprus.”
- Acts 21:16 – “Mnason of Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom we should lodge.”
Barnabas, a Levite, a native of Cyprus.
They sailed to Cyprus.
Barnabas took Mark and sailed away to Cyprus.
The island is his home and the first landing. The name Paul is first used at Paphos.
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