Paul and Barnabas Preach in Cyprus

13:4 So Barnabas and Saul,12 sent out by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia,13 and from there they sailed to Cyprus.14 13:5 When15 they arrived16 in Salamis,17 they began to proclaim18 the word of God in the Jewish synagogues.19 (Now they also had John20 as their assistant.)21 13:6 When they had crossed over22 the whole island as far as Paphos,23 they found a magician, a Jewish false prophet named Bar-Jesus,24 13:7 who was with the proconsul25 Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. The proconsul26 summoned27 Barnabas and Saul and wanted to hear28 the word of God. 13:8 But the magician Elymas29 (for that is the way his name is translated)30 opposed them, trying to turn the proconsul31 away from the faith. 13:9 But Saul (also known as Paul),32 filled with the Holy Spirit,33 stared straight34 at him 13:10 and said, “You who are full of all deceit and all wrongdoing,35 you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness—will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord?36 13:11 Now37 look, the hand of the Lord is against38 you, and you will be blind, unable to see the sun for a time!” Immediately mistiness39 and darkness came over40 him, and he went around seeking people41 to lead him by the hand. 13:12 Then when the proconsul42 saw what had happened, he believed,43 because he was greatly astounded44 at the teaching about45 the Lord.