On Cyprus

4 So [Barnabas and Saul], sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus. 5 [When] they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. And John was with them as their helper.

6 They traveled through the whole island as far as Paphos, [where] they found a Jewish sorcerer [and] false prophet named Bar-Jesus, 7 an 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. 8 But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them [and] tried to turn the proconsul from the faith.

9 Then Saul, who [was] also [called] Paul, filled with [the] Holy Spirit, looked directly at Elymas 10 and said, “O child of [the] devil [and] enemy of all righteousness, [you are] full of all kinds of deceit and trickery! Will you never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord? 11 Now look, [the] hand of the Lord [is] against you, and for a time you will be blind [and] unable to see the light of the sun.” Immediately mist and darkness came over him, and he groped about, seeking someone to lead [him] by the hand.

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