Acts 13:11
And now behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee: and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a time. And immediately there fell a mist and darkness upon him: and going about, he sought some one to lead him by the hand.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
In The King James Version
In Context
12Then the proconsul, when he had seen what was done, believed, admiring at the doctrine of the Lord.
Cross References
Exodus 9:3Behold my hand shall be upon thy fields; and a very grievous murrain upon thy horses, and asses, and camels, and oxen, and sheep.
1 Samuel 5:9And while they were carrying it about, the hand of the Lord came upon every city with an exceeding great slaughter: and he smote the men of every city, both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret parts. And the Gethites consulted together, and made themselves seats of skins.
2 Kings 6:8And the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying: In such and such a place, let us lay an ambush.
Psalms 32:4For the word of the Lord is right, and all his works are done with faithfulness.
Psalms 39:10I have declared thy justice in a great church, lo, I will not restrain my lips: O Lord, thou knowest it.
John 9:39And Jesus said: For judgment I am come into this world: that they who see not may see; and they who see may become blind. I am come, etc... Not that Christ came for that end, that any one should be made blind: but that the Jews, by the abuse of his coming, and by their not receiving him, brought upon themselves this judgment of blindness.
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 →