Acts 13:5

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. And John was with them as their helper.

Parallel Translations

Simplified Cowboy Version
When they got to Salamis, they headed to the local Jewish church and started telling them about Jesus. A young cowboy named John Mark was with 'em.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
When they reached Salamis, they began to proclaim the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews; and they also had John as their helper.

Legacy Standard Bible
And when they reached Salamis, they began to proclaim the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews, and they also had John as their helper.

Bible in Basic English
And at Salamis they were preaching the word of God in the Synagogues of the Jews: and John was with them, helping them.

Darby Translation
And being in Salamis, they announced the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had John also as [their] attendant.

New King James Version
And when they arrived in Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. They also had John as their assistant.

Christian Standard Bible®
Arriving in Salamis, they proclaimed God's message in the Jewish synagogues. They also had John as their assistant.

World English Bible
When they were at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. They had also John as their attendant.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And being at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews; and they had also John for their attendant.

Weymouth's New Testament
Having reached Salamis, they began to announce God's Message in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had John as their assistant.

King James Version (1611)
And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the Synagogues of the Iewes: and they had also Iohn to their Minister.

Literal Translation
And coming unto Salamis, they announced the Word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they also had John as a helper.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And whan they were come in to the cite Salamin, they shewed the worde of God in the synagoges of ye Iewes. And they had Ihon to their mynister.

Mace New Testament (1729)
when they were arrived at Salamis, they preach'd the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews, and had John for their assistant.

Amplified Bible
When Barnabas and Saul arrived at Salamis, they began to preach the word of God [proclaiming the message of eternal salvation through faith in Christ] in the synagogues of the Jews; and they also had John [Mark] as their assistant.

American Standard Version
And when they were at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John as their attendant.

Revised Standard Version
When they arrived at Sal'amis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had John to assist them.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And when they were come to Salamine they shewed ye worde of God in ye synagoges of ye Iewes. And they had Iohn to their minister.

Update Bible Version
And when they were at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John as their attendant.

Webster's Bible Translation
And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had also John for [their] minister.

Young's Literal Translation
and having come unto Salamis, they declared the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews, and they had also John [as] a ministrant;

New Century Version
When they came to Salamis, they preached the Good News of God in the synagogues. John Mark was with them to help.

New English Translation
When they arrived in Salamis, they began to proclaim the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. (Now they also had John as their assistant.)

Contemporary English Version
They arrived at Salamis and began to preach God's message in the Jewish meeting places. They also had John as a helper.

Complete Jewish Bible
After landing in Salamis, they began proclaiming the word of God in the synagogues, with Yochanan (Mark) as an assistant;

English Standard Version
When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had John to assist them.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And when they were at Salamis, they preached the worde of God in the Synagogues of the Iewes: and they had also Iohn to their minister.

George Lamsa Translation
And when they had entered the city of Sal''a-mis, they preached the word of our LORD in the synagogues of the Jews: and John ministered unto them.

Hebrew Names Version
When they were at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Yehudim. They had also Yochanan as their attendant.

International Standard Version
Arriving in Salamis, they began to preach God's word in the Jewish synagogues. They also had John to help them.Acts 12:25; 13:46; 15:37;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
And when they had entered the city Salamina, they preached the word of our Lord in the congregations of the Jihudoyee, and Juhanon ministered to them.

Murdock Translation
And when they entered the city of Salamis, they announced the word of our Lord in the synagogues of the Jews. And John ministered to them.

New Living Translation
There, in the town of Salamis, they went to the Jewish synagogues and preached the word of God. John Mark went with them as their assistant.

New Life Bible
When they went to shore at the city of Salamis, they preached the Word of God in the Jewish place of worship. John Mark was with them as their helper.

English Revised Version
And when they were at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John as their attendant.

New Revised Standard
When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had John also to assist them.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, coming to be in Salamis, they declared the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews; - and they had, John also, as an attendant.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when they were come to Salamina, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had John also in the ministry.

King James Version
And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister.

Lexham English Bible
And when they came to Salamis, they began to proclaim the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they also had John as assistant.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when they were at Salamine, they preached the worde of God in the synagogues of the Iewes: And they had also Iohn to their minister.

Easy-to-Read Version
When Barnabas and Saul came to the city of Salamis, they told the message of God in the Jewish synagogues. John Mark was with them to help.

New American Standard Bible
When they reached Salamis, they began to proclaim the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews; and they also had John as their helper.

Good News Translation
When they arrived at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues. They had John Mark with them to help in the work.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne thei camen to Salamyne, thei prechiden the word of God in the synagogis of Jewis; and thei hadden also Joon in mynystrie.

Contextual Overview

⁴Then Barnabas and Saul, sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus. ⁵When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. And John was with them as their helper.⁶They traveled through the whole island as far as Paphos, where they found a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet named Bar-Jesus, ⁷an attendant of the proconsul, Sergius Paulus. The proconsul, a man of intelligence, summoned Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God. ⁸But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith. ⁹Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked directly at Elymas ¹⁰and said, "O child of the devil and enemy of all righteousness! You are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery. Will you never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord? ¹¹Now look, the hand of the Lord is against you, and for a time you will be blind and unable to see the light of the sun." Immediately mist and darkness came over him, and he groped about, seeking someone to lead him by the hand. ¹²When the proconsul saw what had happened, he believed, for he was astonished at the teaching about the Lord. ¹³After setting sail from Paphos, Paul and his companions came to Perga in Pamphylia, where John left them to return to Jerusalem.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

in the: Acts 13:14, Acts 13:46, Acts 14:1, Acts 17:1-3, Acts 17:17, Acts 18:4, Acts 19:8

John: Acts 12:25, Acts 15:37, Colossians 4:10

their: Exodus 24:13, 1 Kings 19:3, 1 Kings 19:21, 2 Kings 3:11, Matthew 20:26, 2 Timothy 4:11

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 4:12 - servant 2 Kings 6:15 - servant Acts 12:12 - John Acts 13:13 - John Acts 17:2 - went Acts 19:22 - that ministered Romans 15:19 - so that 2 Timothy 4:2 - be

Cross-References

Genesis 4:20
And Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and raise livestock.

Genesis 25:27
When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, but Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home.

Jeremiah 49:29
They will take their tents and flocks, their tent curtains and all their goods. They will take their camels for themselves. They will shout to them: 'Terror is on every side!'

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when they were at Salamis,.... A chief city of Cyprus; and so Herodotus f calls it Salamis of Cyprus; and in this island it is placed by Pliny g and Ptolomy h: it was built by Teucer, the son of Telamon, after his return from the Trojan war; and so called by him, from his native country Salamine, in Greece, as is generally agreed by historians i: it was the birth place of the famous philosopher Solon, who is from thence called Salaminius; he died in the island of Cyprus, in the eightieth year of his age; and before he died, gave orders to carry his bones to Salamis, and being reduced to ashes, to scatter them throughout the province k: it was also claimed by the Cyprians, as the birth place of Homer, and is said l to be prophesied of that it should be; it was afterwards called Constantia, and now Famagusta, and is in the hands of the Turks; of it Jerom m thus writes:

"Salamis, a city in the island of Cyprus, now called Constantia, which, in the time of the Emperor Trajan, the Jews destroyed, having killed all the inhabitants of it:''

which shows what a multitude of Jews dwelt in this island, and even in this place; hence, in this verse, mention is afterwards made of synagogues of Jews in it, where the apostles preached, and which was the reason of their coming hither. This place, with the whole island, was taken from the Venetians by Mustapha, general to Selimus the Second, emperor of the Turks, in the year 1571, after a siege of eleven months; which, when he was possessed of, contrary to the agreement made, he put all the Christians to death; and having cut off the ears and nose of Bragadinus, the governor of it, took off his skin alive n. Epiphanius, an ancient writer of the fourth century, famous for his books against heresies, was bishop of this place o, when it was called Constantia, from Constantins Augustus, the emperor; and before him, we read of Gelasius, bishop of this place, who was in the council of Nice; there was a church here in the fifth century; and mention is made of a presbyter of it, in the sixth century, present at the fifth council at Constantinople; and in the seventh century, a bishop of this church was in the sixth council of Constantinople; and in the Nicene synod, in the "eighth" century, John, bishop of this place, assisted p:

they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews; the Jews being in great numbers in these parts, to them the apostles first preached, though they were sent unto the Gentiles; and this they continued to do, till the Jews put away the Gospel, which made their way more clear and open to the Gentiles:

and they had also John to their minister: this was John Mark, whom they brought with them from Jerusalem, Acts 12:12 who waited upon them, and provided for them the necessaries of life; for this is not to be understood of the ministry of the word, which is peculiarly ascribed to them, or of his being an assistant to them in it; nor can it be understood of his being the minister in any of the synagogues for them, to bring out the book of the law, and direct public service, where it cannot be thought he should have any such office and authority; but of his ministering in civil and secular things to the apostles, or to the poor by their orders.

f L. 4. c. 162. g Nat. Hist. l. 5. c. 31. h Geograph. l. 5. c. 14. i Vellei Patercul. Hist. l. 1. in initio, Isocratis Evagoras, p. 375. Vid. Horat. Carmin. l. 1. ode 7. k Laert. Vit. Philosoph. l. 1. p. 30, 41. l Pausanias, l. 10. p. 656. m De locis Hebraicis, fol. 96. I. n Petav. Rational. Temp. par. 1. l. 9. c. 12. p. 507. o Epitaph. Paulae, fol. 58. K & Vita Hilarion. fol 82. M. p Magdeburg. Hist. Eccles. cent. 4. c. 2. p. 5. cent. 5. c. 2. p. 6. cent. 6. c. 2. p. 5. cent. 7. c. 2. p. 4. cent. 8. c. 2. p. 6.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And when they were at Salamis - This was the principal city and seaport of Cyprus. It was situated on the southeast part of the island, and was afterward called Constantia.

In the synagogues of the Jews - Jews were living in all the countries adjacent to Judea, and in those countries they had synagogues. The apostles uniformly preached first to them.

And they had also John to their minister - John Mark, Acts 12:12. He was their attendant, yet not pretending to be equal to them in circe. They had been specifically designated to this work. He was with them as their friend and traveling companion; perhaps also employed in making the needful arrangements for their comfort, and for the supply of their needs in their travels.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 13:5. Salamis — The capital of the island of Cyprus; afterwards called Constantia, and now Salina, situated on the eastern part of the island.

They preached the word of God — τον λογον, The doctrine of God, the Christian religion, emphatically so called.

They had also John to their minister.] This was John Mark, of whom we heard, Acts 12:25; for their minister, υπηρετην, to assist them in minor offices, as deacon or servant, that they might give themselves wholly to the doctrine of the Lord.