On Cyprus
Barnabas and Saul, sent by the Holy Spirit, travel through Seleucia to Cyprus and proclaim the word in the synagogues at Salamis with John as their helper. Reaching Paphos, they encounter Bar-Jesus, also called Elymas, a Jewish sorcerer who opposes them before the proconsul Sergius Paulus, who wants to hear the word of God.
S4o Barnabas and Saul, sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus. 5When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. And John was with them as their helper. 6They traveled through the whole island as far as Paphos, where they found a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet named Bar-Jesus, 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. 8But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith.
Saul, now also called Paul and filled with the Holy Spirit, fixes his gaze on Elymas and names him an enemy who perverts the Lord's straight ways. He announces temporary blindness over him, the judgment comes at once, and when the proconsul sees what happens he believes, astonished at the Lord's teaching.
9Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked directly at Elymas 10and 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? 11Now 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. 12When the proconsul saw what had happened, he believed, for he was astonished at the teaching about the Lord.