The Holy Spirit wanted the gospel to be taken to new areas by Barnabas and Saul. The disciples chose to obey Him and send them out. One of the things they did was to engage in fasting before sending them. Luke does not tell us how or how long they fasted. But they chose to do without food (and maybe drink) for a period of time. Fasting promotes spiritual exercise of the soul. It is possibly the thing that Christians practice the least when it comes to spiritual things in the New Testament.
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