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Acts Chapter 13 verse 3 Holy Bible

ASV Acts 13:3

Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
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BBE Acts 13:3

Then, after prayer and going without food they put their hands on them, and sent them away.
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DARBY Acts 13:3

Then, having fasted and prayed, and having laid [their] hands on them, they let [them] go.
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KJV Acts 13:3

And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
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WBT Acts 13:3

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WEB Acts 13:3

Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
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YLT Acts 13:3

then having fasted, and having prayed, and having laid the hands on them, they sent `them' away.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 3. - Then for and, A.V. It does not follow that the laying on of hands was on the same day. On the contrary, the mention of the fasting again in this verse makes it impossible so to understand it. Doubtless, on receiving this intimation of the Spirit, they fixed a day for the ordination, and prepared for it by fasting and prayer. The ember days of the Church before ordinations are m accordance with this precedent of Holy Scripture. With this departure of Barnabas and Saul commences the second and main part of the Acts of the apostles.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(3) And when they had fasted and prayed.--The repetition of the words that had been used in Acts 13:2 seems to imply that the fast was prolonged till the laying-on of hands had been completed. The new command called for that intensity of spiritual life of which fasting was more or less the normal condition.And laid their hands on them.--See Note on Acts 6:6. This was, as before, the formal act by which the Church attested its acceptance of the divine mission of those on whom hands were laid, and implored for them the divine blessing.