^{4 Ref} These, indeed, then, having been sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia, thence also they sailed to Cyprus,

^{5 Ref} and having come unto Salamis, they declared the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews, and they had also John `as' a ministrant;

^{6 Ref} and having gone through the island unto Paphos, they found a certain magian, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name `is' Bar-Jesus;

^{7 Ref} who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man; this one having called for Barnabas and Saul, did desire to hear the word of God,

^{8 Ref} and there withstood them Elymas the magian -- for so is his name interpreted -- seeking to pervert the proconsul from the faith.

^{9 Ref} And Saul -- who also `is' Paul -- having been filled with the Holy Spirit, and having looked stedfastly on him,

^{10 Ref} said, `O full of all guile, and all profligacy, son of a devil, enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease perverting the right ways of the Lord?

^{11 Ref} and now, lo, a hand of the Lord `is' upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season;' and presently there fell upon him a mist and darkness, and he, going about, was seeking some to lead `him' by the hand;

^{12 Ref} then the proconsul having seen what hath come to pass, did believe, being astonished at the teaching of the Lord.