Acts 13:8 “But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them…”

Acts 13:8

But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.

World English Bible

But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith.

American Standard Version

But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn aside the proconsul from the faith.

Geneva Bible 1599

But Elymas, ye sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstoode them, and sought to turne away the Deputie from the faith.

Darby Translation

But Elymas the magician (for so his name is by interpretation) opposed them, seeking to turn away the proconsul from the faith.

Young's Literal Translation

and there withstood them Elymas the magian — for so is his name interpreted — seeking to pervert the proconsul from the faith.

Bible in Basic English

But Elymas, the wonder-worker (for that is the sense of his name), put himself against them, with the purpose of turning the ruler from the faith.

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Cross references

“for”

Acts 9:36 John 1:41 Acts 13:6

Acts 9:36 · BSB

In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which is translated as Dorcas), who was always occupied with works of kindness and charity.

John 1:41 · BSB

He first found his brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated as Christ).

Acts 13:6 · BSB

They traveled through the whole island as far as Paphos, where they found a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet named Bar-Jesus,

“withstood”

2 Timothy 3:8 Exodus 7:11–13 1 Kings 22:24 Jeremiah 28:1 Jeremiah 29:24–32 Jeremiah 28:10

2 Timothy 3:8 · BSB

Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith.

Exodus 7:11–13 · BSB

But Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers and magicians of Egypt, and they also did the same things by their magic arts.

1 Kings 22:24 · BSB

Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah went up, struck Micaiah in the face, and demanded, “Which way did the Spirit of the LORD go when He departed from me to speak with you?”

Jeremiah 28:1 · BSB

In the fifth month of that same year, the fourth year, near the beginning of the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah, the prophet Hananiah son of Azzur, who was from Gibeon, said to me in the house of the LORD in the presenc…

Jeremiah 29:24–32 · BSB

You are to tell Shemaiah the Nehelamite that

Jeremiah 28:10 · BSB

Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it.

Also

Acts 13:12 Acts 6:7 Acts 8:9

Acts 13:12 · BSB

When the proconsul saw what had happened, he believed, for he was astonished at the teaching about the Lord.

Acts 6:7 · BSB

So the word of God continued to spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem grew rapidly, and a great number of priests became obedient to the faith.

Acts 8:9 · BSB

Prior to that time, a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and astounded the people of Samaria. He claimed to be someone great,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7an attendant of the proconsul, Sergius Paulus. The proconsul, a man of intelligence, summoned Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God.

9Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked directly at Elymas

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