richmahn_en_tn/act/13/13.md

General Information:

Verses 13 and 14 give background information about this part of the story. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background) "Paul and his friends" were Barnabas and John Mark (also called John). From this point on, Saul is called Paul in Acts. Paul's name is listed first which indicates that he had become the leader of the group. It is important to keep this order in the translation.

Connecting Statement:

This is a new part of the story about Paul in Antioch in Pisidia.

Now

This marks the beginning of a new part of the story.

set sail from Paphos

"traveled by sailboat from Paphos"

came to Perga in Pamphylia

"arrived in Perga which is in Pamphylia"

But John left them

"But John Mark left Paul and Barnabas"