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And having gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a certain man who was a magician, a Jewish false-prophet for whom the name was Bar-Jesus[a] who was with the proconsul[b], Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. This one, having summoned Barnabas and Saul, sought to hear the word of God. But the magician Elymas[c] (for so his name is translated) was opposing them, seeking to turn away the proconsul from the faith.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 13:6 Or, Bar-Joshua. Bar means ‘son of ’.
  2. Acts 13:7 That is, the Roman governor of the province.
  3. Acts 13:8 This is not a translation of Bar-Jesus, nor it is a Greek word otherwise known to us. Luke’s intent is currently unclear to us.

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