Acts 13:6-8

Expanded Bible

⁶ They went across the whole island to Paphos [^Cthe capital city of Cyprus, on the southwest coast] where they met a ·magician [sorcerer] named Bar-Jesus [^Cmeaning “son of Jesus/Joshua”]. He was a Jewish false prophet ⁷ who ·always stayed close to [^Lwas with; ^Cperhaps an assistant or advisor] Sergius Paulus, the ·governor [proconsul] and a ·smart [intelligent; discerning] man. He asked Barnabas and Saul to come to him, because he wanted to hear the ·message [^Lword] of God. ⁸ But Elymas, the magician (that is what his name means), was against them [^CElymas probably comes either from an Arabic word meaning “wise man” or an Aramaic word meaning “interpreter of dreams”—hence a “magician”]. He tried to ·stop [turn away] the ·governor [proconsul] from ·believing in Jesus [^Lthe faith].