⁷ who was an attendant of the proconsul,^(A) Sergius Paulus. The proconsul, an intelligent man, sent for Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God. ⁸ But Elymas the sorcerer^(B) (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul^(C) from the faith.^{(D) 9} Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit,^(E) looked straight at Elymas and said,