Acts 13:4–12

The Mission to Cyprus

⁴Being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they came down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus. ⁵Arriving in Salamis, they proclaimed God’s message in the Jewish synagogues. They also had John as their assistant. ^h6When they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they came across a sorcerer, a Jewish false prophet named Bar-Jesus. ⁱ⁷He was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul and desired to hear God’s message. ^j8But Elymas the sorcerer (this is the meaning of his name) opposed ^kthem and tried to turn the proconsul away from the faith. ^l

⁹Then Saul—also called Paul—filled with the Holy Spirit, stared straight at the sorcerer ¹⁰and said, “You son of the Devil, ^mfull of all deceit and all fraud, enemy of all righteousness! Won’t you ever stop perverting the straight paths ⁿof the Lord? ¹¹Now, look! The Lord’s hand is against you. ^oYou are going to be blind, and will not see the sun for a time.” Suddenly a mist and darkness fell on him, and he went around seeking someone to lead him by the hand.

¹²Then the proconsul, seeing what happened, believed and was astonished at the teaching about the Lord. ^p