6 | When they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they came upon a certain magician, a Jewish false prophet, named Bar-Jesus. |
7 | He was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of intelligence, who summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God. |
8 | But El'ymas the magician (for that is the meaning of his name) withstood them, seeking to turn away the proconsul from the faith. |
9 | But Saul, who is also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him |
10 | and said, "You son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, full of all deceit and villainy, will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord? |
11 | And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you shall be blind and unable to see the sun for a time." Immediately mist and darkness fell upon him and he went about seeking people to lead him by the hand. |
12 | Then the proconsul believed, when he saw what had occurred, for he was astonished at the teaching of the Lord. |