Acts 13:1–15

13Now ^ain the church that was at Antioch there were certain prophets and teachers: ^bBarnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, ^cLucius of Cyrene, Manaen who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. ²As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, ^d“Now separate to Me Barnabas and Saul for the work ^eto which I have called them.” ³Then, ^fhaving fasted and prayed, and laid hands on them, they sent them away.

Preaching in Cyprus

⁴So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to ^gCyprus. ⁵And when they arrived in Salamis, ^hthey preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. They also had ⁱJohn as their assistant.

⁶Now when they had gone through ¹the island to Paphos, they found ^ja certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew whose name was Bar-Jesus, ⁷who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. This man called for Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God. ⁸But ^kElymas the sorcerer (for so his name is translated) ²withstood them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith. ⁹Then Saul, who also is called Paul, ^lfilled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him ¹⁰and said, “O full of all deceit and all fraud, ^myou son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease perverting the straight ways of the Lord? ¹¹And now, indeed, ⁿthe hand of the Lord is upon you, and you shall be blind, not seeing the sun for a time.”

And immediately a dark mist fell on him, and he went around seeking someone to lead him by the hand. ¹²Then the proconsul believed, when he saw what had been done, being astonished at the teaching of the Lord.

At Antioch in Pisidia

¹³Now when Paul and his party set sail from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia; and ^oJohn, departing from them, returned to Jerusalem. ¹⁴But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and ^pwent into the synagogue on the Sabbath day and sat down. ¹⁵And ^qafter the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, “Men and brethren, if you have ^rany word of ³exhortation for the people, say on.”