Acts 13:8
But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name translated) opposed them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith.
Revised King James New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
9Then Saul, (who is also called Paul,) filled with the Holy Spirit, set his eyes upon him,
Cross References
John 1:41He first found his brother Simon, and said to him, We have found the Messiah, which translated means Christ.
Acts 8:9But there was a certain man, named Simon, who formerly practiced sorcery in the city, and amazed the people of Samaria, claiming that he was someone great:
Acts 13:6And when they had gone through the whole island and had come to Paphos, they found a certain Jewish sorcerer, a false prophet, whose name was Bar-Jesus:
2 Timothy 3:8Now as Jannes and Jambres defied Moses, so these men also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, rejected as concerns 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 →