100 Josep Rius-Camp and Jenny Read-Heimerdinger describing the command of the Holy Spirit concerning Barnabas and Saul, the first and the last named among them, which was promptly obeyed: [a] 13:1 The prophets and teachers of the Antioch church [b] 13:2 The Holy Spirit’s call to Barnabas and Saul [b′] 13:3 Their commissioning by the church Translation Codex Bezae D05 Codex Vaticanus B03 [a] 13:1 There were in Antioch, accor- 13:1 There were in Antioch, according to ding to the custom of the church the custom of the church there, prophets there, prophets and teachers, among and teachers: Barnabas and Simeon called whom were Barnabas and Simeon the Black, Lucius the Cyrenian as well as known as the Black and Lucius a Manaen, who had been brought up with Cyrenian, as well as Manaen, who Herod the Tetrarch, and Saul. had been brought up with Herod, that is the Tetrarch, and Saul. 2 While they were performing an act of [b] 2 While they were performing an act worship to the Lord and fasting, the Holy of worship to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, ‘Come now, Spirit said, ‘Come now, set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I set apart for me Barnabas and Saul have called them’. for the work to which I have called them’. [b′] 3 So, when they had finished fasting 3 So, when they had finished fasting and and after they had all prayed and laid after they had prayed and laid hands on hands on them, they let them go. them, they let them go. Critical Apparatus 1 ὅ τε (Βαρναβᾶϛ) B P74 a rell ‖ ἐν οἷϛ D* (ἐν οἷϛ ἦν καί DC), in quo d p vg aeth. The various members of the Antioch church are presented differently according to the MSS (see following vll in this verse). First, in B03 Barnabas is brought back into the narrative as a character who has recently played an active part (cf. 12:25), as signalled by the presence of the article before his name; with the connective τε, he is viewed as the first of a series of named characters who represent the prophets and teachers just mentioned as a general group of people. D05, in contrast, views him and the other named characters as examples of the prophets and teachers (‘among whom’); by omitting the article before his name, D05 further