Acts 13:1-2

Cyrene; chapter Ac 11:20.

Herod; not the Herod spoken of in the preceding chapter, but his uncle, Herod Antipas, who is mentioned in Lu 3:1,19.
Ministered to the Lord; were engaged in divine worship.

Separate; set apart.

The work; the work of missionaries to the places afterwards mentioned. True ministers of Christ are prepared for, and called to their work by the Holy Ghost. This, however, does not supersede the necessity, or lessen the propriety, in order to their greatest usefulness, of their being set apart with prayer and the laying on of hands.

Acts 15:32

Prophets; chap Ac 11:27.
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