Acts 13:8
But Elymas the magician (for so his name is interpreted) withstood them, seeking to turn away the proconsul from the faith.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
9Then Saul, otherwise Paul, filled with the Holy Ghost, looking upon him,
Cross References
1 Kings 22:24And Sedecias the son of Chanaana came, and struck Micheas on the cheek, and said: Hath then the spirit of the Lord left me, and spoken to thee?
Jeremiah 28:10And Hananias the prophet took the chain from the neck of Jeremias the prophet, and broke it.
John 1:41He findeth first his brother Simon, and saith to him: We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
Acts 8:9There was therefore great joy in that city. Now there was a certain man named Simon, who before had been a magician in that city, seducing the people of Samaria, giving out that he was some great one:
Acts 13:6And when they had gone through the whole island, as far as Paphos, they found a certain man, a magician, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-jesu:
2 Timothy 3:8Now as Jannes and Mambres resisted Moses, so these also resist the truth, men corrupted in mind, reprobate concerning 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 →