Acts 13:4-13

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⁴ Directed by the Holy Spirit they went to Seleucia and then sailed for Cyprus. ⁵ There, in the town of Salamis, they went to the Jewish synagogue and preached. (John Mark went with them as their assistant.)

^6-7 Afterwards they preached from town to town across the entire island until finally they reached Paphos where they met a Jewish sorcerer, a fake prophet named Bar-Jesus. He had attached himself to the governor, Sergius Paulus, a man of considerable insight and understanding. The governor invited Barnabas and Paul to visit him, for he wanted to hear their message from God. ⁸ But the sorcerer, Elymas (his name in Greek), interfered and urged the governor to pay no attention to what Paul and Barnabas said, trying to keep him from trusting the Lord.

⁹ Then Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, glared angrily at the sorcerer and said, ¹⁰ “You son of the devil, full of every sort of trickery and villainy, enemy of all that is good, will you never end your opposition to the Lord? ¹¹ And now God has laid his hand of punishment upon you, and you will be stricken awhile with blindness.”

Instantly mist and darkness fell upon him, and he began wandering around begging for someone to take his hand and lead him. ¹² When the governor saw what happened, he believed and was astonished at the power of God’s message.

¹³ Now Paul and those with him left Paphos by ship for Turkey,^[a] landing at the port town of Perga. There John Mark deserted them and returned to Jerusalem.