Acts 13:8
But Elymas the sorcerer (for so his name is translated) opposed them, seeking to deviate the proconsul from the faith.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
9But Saul (the man is also Paul) having been filled with Holy Spirit, and having gazed on him,
Cross References
1 Kings 22:24Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way did the Spirit of LORD go from me to speak to thee?
Jeremiah 28:10Then Hananiah the prophet took the bar from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and broke it.
John 1:41This man first finds his own brother Simon, and says to him, We have found the Messiah (which is, being interpreted, Christ).
Acts 8:9But a certain man in the city, Simon by name, was formerly practicing sorcery, and fascinating the nation of Samaria, saying himself to be some great man,
Acts 13:6And after going through the island as far as Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a Jewish FALSE prophet, whose name was Bar-jesus,
2 Timothy 3:8And by which way Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also do these oppose the truth. Men corrupted in mind, worthless about the faith.
Matthew Henry on Acts 13:5-14
Elymas Struck with Blindness. 4 So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus. 5 And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister. 6 And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-jesus: 7 Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and… Read the whole commentary →