Acts 13:7

who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man; this one having called for Barnabas and Saul, did desire to hear the word of God,

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.

In Context

6and having gone through the island unto Paphos, they found a certain magian, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name [is] Bar-Jesus;

8and there withstood them Elymas the magian — for so is his name interpreted — seeking to pervert the proconsul from the faith.

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Cross References

Proverbs 14:8The wisdom of the prudent [is] to understand his way, And the folly of fools [is] deceit.

Proverbs 14:18The simple have inherited folly, And the prudent are crowned [with] knowledge.

Hosea 14:9Who [is] wise, and doth understand these? Prudent, and knoweth them? For upright are the ways of Jehovah, And the righteous go on in them, And the transgressors stumble therein!

Acts 13:12then the proconsul having seen what hath come to pass, did believe, being astonished at the teaching of the Lord.

Acts 18:12And Gallio being proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a rush with one accord upon Paul, and brought him unto the tribunal,

1 Thessalonians 5:21all things prove; that which is good hold fast;

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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