Acts 13:12

When the governor saw what happened he trusted in God, amazed at the teaching about the Lord.

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In The King James Version

Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.

In Context

11Look, 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.

13Then Paul and those with him sailed from Paphos and went to Perga in Pamphylia, while John left them and went back to Jerusalem.

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Cross References

Matthew 27:54When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and what happened, they were terrified, and said, “This really was the Son of God!”

Luke 7:16A sense of awe filled everyone there and they praised God, saying, “A great prophet has arisen among us,” and “God has visited his people.”

Acts 6:10But they weren't able to stand against Stephen's wisdom or the Spirit with which he was speaking.

Acts 13:49So God's word was spread throughout the region.

Acts 19:7There were about twelve of them in total.

2 Corinthians 10:4Our weapons are not of this world but God's mighty power that destroys fortresses of human thinking, demolishing misleading theories.

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 →

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