Acts 13:8
“But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turne away the deputy from the faith.”
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Acts 13:8 Context
6And when they had gone thorow the Ile vnto Paphos, they found a certaine sorcerer, a false prophet, a Iewe, whose name was Bariesus: 7Which was with the deputie of the countrey Sergius Paulus, a prudent man: who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to heare the word of God. 8But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turne away the deputy from the faith. 9Then Saul (who also is called Paul) filled with the holy Ghost, set his eyes on him, 10And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischiefe, thou child of the deuil, thou enemie of all righteousnesse, wilt thou not cease to peruert the right wayes of the Lord?
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But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.
- King James Version
But Elymas the magician (for so his name is translated) was opposing them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith.
- New American Standard Version (1995)