Acts 13:11
Now, therefore, lo! the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun, until a fitting time. And, instantly, there fell upon him a mist and darkness; and, going about, he was seeking such as might lead him by the hand.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
12Then, the proconsul, seeing what had happened, believed, being amazed at the teaching of the Lord.
Cross References
Exodus 9:3lo! the hand of Yahweh, is coming on thy cattle which are in the field, on the horses, on the asses on the camels, on the herds and on the flocks,—a very grievous pestilence;
1 Samuel 5:9And so it was, after they had taken it round, then was the hand of Yahweh against the city, with an exceeding great consternation, and he smote the men of the city, from the least, even unto the greatest,—and they brake out with tumours.
2 Kings 6:8Now, the king of Syria, was making war against Israel,—so he took counsel with his servants, saying—In such and such a place, shall be my encampment.
Psalms 32:4For, day and night, heavy upon me, was thy hand,—Changed was my life-sap into the drought of summer. [Selah.]
Psalms 39:10Remove from off me thy stroke, Because of the hostility of thy hand, am, I, consumed.
John 9:39And Jesus said—For judgment, I, unto this world, came: that, they who were not seeing, might see, and, they who were seeing, might 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 →