Acts 13:6-8
New Catholic Bible
At Cyprus Facing a Proconsul and a Magician.[a] 6 When they had traveled through the whole island as far as Paphos,[b] they encountered a magician named Bar-Jesus, who was a Jewish false prophet. 7 He was an attendant of the proconsul Sergius Paulus, a learned man who had summoned Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God. 8 However, the magician Elymas (for that is the translation of his name) opposed them in an attempt to prevent the proconsul’s conversion to the faith.
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- Acts 13:6 The problem preoccupying some spiritual authorities once again comes to the fore: What is Christianity’s relation to magic? Luke once again dissociates the Church from the magical arts practiced at the time (see Acts 8:18-24).
- Acts 13:6 Paphos: a town 100 miles west of Salamis.
Acts 13:6-8
New International Version
6 They traveled through the whole island until they came to Paphos. There they met a Jewish sorcerer(A) and false prophet(B) named Bar-Jesus, 7 who was an attendant of the proconsul,(C) Sergius Paulus. The proconsul, an intelligent man, sent for Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God. 8 But Elymas the sorcerer(D) (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul(E) from the faith.(F)
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