Acts 13:1-11 ▼

1 Now there were prophets and teachers in Antioch being there in the church: Both Barnabas and Simeon who was called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenian, and Manaen brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

2 Now in their ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Now set apart unto Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have summoned them.”

3 Then, having fasted and having prayed and having laid the hands on them, they sent them off.

4 Indeed, therefore, having been sent forth by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and they sailed from there to Cyprus.

5 And having come into Salamis, they began proclaiming the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they also had John as a helper.

6 Now having passed through the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a man—a certain a magician, a Jewish false prophet—whose name was Bar-Jesus,

7 who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. This man, having summoned Barnabas and Saul, desired to hear the word of God.

8 But Elymas the magician (for his name is translated thus) was opposing them, seeking to turn away the proconsul from the faith.

9 And Saul, the one also called Paul, having been filled with the Holy Spirit, having looked intently upon him,

10 said, “O full of all deceit and all craftiness, son of the devil, enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease perverting the straight ways of the Lord?

11 And now behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be blind, not seeing the sun for a season.” And immediately mist and darkness fell upon him, and going about, he was seeking someone to lead him by the hand.