Acts 13:11
Look, the Lord's hand is on you and you will become blind. You will not see the sun for some time.” Immediately mist and darkness fell on him, and he had to find someone who could lead him by the hand.
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12When the governor saw what happened he trusted in God, amazed at the teaching about the Lord.
Cross References
Exodus 9:3I will punish you by bringing a very severe plague on your livestock—on your horses, donkeys, camels, herds, and flocks.
1 Samuel 5:9But once they'd moved the Ark to Gath, the Lord also took action against that town, throwing it into great confusion and attacking the people of the town, young and old, with a plague of swellings.
2 Kings 6:8The Aramean king was at war with Israel. After consulting with his officers, he said, “I will set up my camp in this particular place.”
Psalms 32:4You beat me day and night, my strength dried up as in the heat of summer. Selah.
Psalms 39:10Please stop hitting me! Your beating has worn me out!
John 9:39Then Jesus told him, “I've come into the world to bring judgment so that those who are blind may see, and those who see will become blind.”
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 →