Acts 13:11

Now look, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will become blind. You will not see the sun for a while.” Immediately there fell on Elymas a mist and darkness; he started going around asking people to lead him by the hand.

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And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.

In Context

10and said, “You son of the devil, you are full of all kinds of deceit and wickedness. You are an enemy of every kind of righteousness. You will never stop twisting the straight paths of the Lord, will you?

12After the proconsul saw what had happened, he believed, because he was astonished at the teaching about the Lord.

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Cross References

Exodus 9:3then Yahweh's hand will be on your cattle in the fields and on the horses, donkeys, camels, herds, and flocks, and it will cause a terrible disease.

1 Samuel 5:9But after they brought it around, Yahweh's hand was against the city, causing a very great confusion. He afflicted the men of the city, both small and great; and tumors broke out on them.

2 Kings 6:8Now the king of Aram was waging war against Israel. He consulted with his servants, saying, “My camp will be in such and such a place.”

Psalms 32:4For day and night your hand was heavy upon me. 1 My strength withered as in summer drought. Selah 1

Psalms 39:10Stop wounding me; 1 I am overwhelmed by the blow of your hand. 1

John 9:39Jesus said, “For judgment I came into this world so that those who do not see may see and so that those who see may 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 →

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