Kisah Para Rasul 13:32

13:32 And we proclaim to you the good news about the promise to our ancestors, ¹ 

Kisah Para Rasul 13:2

13:2 While they were serving ²  the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart ³  for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”

1 Samuel 7:11

7:11 Then the men of Israel left Mizpah and chased the Philistines, striking them down all the way to an area below Beth Car.

[13:32]  ¹ tn Or “to our forefathers”; Grk “the fathers.”

[13:2]  ² tn This term is frequently used in the LXX of the service performed by priests and Levites in the tabernacle (Exod 28:35, 43; 29:30; 30:20; 35:19; 39:26; Num 1:50; 3:6, 31) and the temple (2 Chr 31:2; 35:3; Joel 1:9, 13; 2:17, and many more examples). According to BDAG 591 s.v. λειτουργέω 1.b it is used “of other expression of religious devotion.” Since the previous verse described the prophets and teachers in the church at Antioch, it is probable that the term here describes two of them (Barnabas and Saul) as they were serving in that capacity. Since they were not in Jerusalem where the temple was located, general religious service is referred to here.

[13:2]  ³ tn Or “Appoint.”