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44 LIFE OF PAUL . simplerecordof the layingon of hands,and its bearingupon theirwork. Both Paul and Barnabashad alreadyreceivedtheircommissionfrom God himself; and theceremonyof thelayingon ofhands addedno new graceor virtualqualification. It was merely settingthe sealof the church upon the work of God - an acknowledgedform of designationtoan appointedoffice. Thisform was a significantone to the Jews. When a Jewish fatherblessedhis children,he laid hishandsreverentlyupon theirheads. When an animal was devoted to sacrifice,the hand of the oneinvestedwithpriestlyauthoritywas laidupon the head of the victim. Therefore, when the ministersof Antiochlaidtheirhands upon the apostles,they,by that action,asked God to bestowhisblessingupon them,intheirdevotionto the specificwork which God had chosen them to do . The apostlesstartedout upon theirmission, takingwith them Mark . They went intoSeleucia,and from thencesailedto Cyprus. At Salamis they preached in the synagogues of theJews. "And when theyhad gonethroughthe isleunto Paphos,theyfound a certainsorcerer, a falseprophet, a Jew , whose name was Barjesus; whichwas withthedeputyof thecountry,SergiusPaulus,a prudentman ; who called forBarnabas and Saul, and desiredto hear the word of God . But Elymas the sorcerer(for so ishis name by interpretation) withstoodthem, seekingtoturnaway thedeputyfrom thefaith." The deputybeing a man of reputeand influence, the sorcererElymas , who was under the controlof Satan, soughtby falsereportsand variousspeciousdeceptionsto turnhim against