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Acts 13:8
But Elymas, the sorcerer, (for so is his name by interpretation,) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.
But Elymas, the sorcerer, (for so is his name by interpretation,) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.
ACTS 13:8 VElu,maj Instead of VElu,maj codex Bezae reads (with a lacuna of one letter) VEt@)#imaj. That it should be spelled VEtoima/j is shown by the Latin side of the manuscript, which reads _Etoem...
Verse Acts 13:8. _BUT ELYMAS, THE SORCERER, (FOR SO IS HIS NAME BY_ _INTERPRETATION)_] That is, Elymas is the interpretation of the word μαγος, or _sorcerer_; not of the word _Bar-Jesus_ as some have...
}BUT ELYMAS THE SORCERER (FOR SO IS HIS NAME BY INTERPRETATION) - Elymas the magician. Elymas is the interpretation, not of the name Bar-jesus, but of the word rendered “the sorcerer.” It is an Arabic...
PART III The Witness to the Gentiles. The Apostle to the Gentiles; his Ministry and Captivity. Chapter s 13-28 CHAPTER 13 _ 1. The Divine Choice. Barnabas and Saul separated unto the work (Acts 1...
SUCCESSES IN CYPRUS. Acts 13:4. went down: the usual phrase in connexion with a seaport. SELEUCIA is the port of Antioch, about sixteen miles from it. Acts 13:5. Salamis is the eastern port of Cyprus...
THE FIRST MISSIONARY JOURNEY (Acts 13:1-3) Acts 13:1-52; Acts 14:1-28 tell the story of the first missionary journey. Paul and Barnabas set out from Antioch. Antioch was 15 miles up the River Orontes...
So when they had been sent out by the Holy Spirit they went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed away to Cyprus. When they were in Salamis they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogue of t...
ELYMAS. The knowing one. Compare _Ulema,_ the corporation of Moslem who interpret the Koran. Arabic _alim,_ wise. WITHSTOOD. Greek. _anthistimi._ First Occurs Matthew 5:39. often translated "resist"....
_seeking to turn away_[ASIDE] _the deputy_[PROCONSUL] _from the faith_ Sergius had not yet accepted the doctrine of the Apostles, though we may presume that both he and Elymas had heard much about the...
ΖΗΤΩ͂Ν ΔΙΑΣΤΡΈΨΑΙ ΤῸΝ�, _seeking to turn aside the proconsul from the faith_. Sergius had not yet accepted the doctrine of the Apostles, though we may presume that both he and Elymas had heard much ab...
Acts 13:1-12. BEGINNING OF SAUL’S FIRST MISSIONARY JOURNEY. HE VISITS CYPRUS...
_ELYMAS, A FALSE PROPHET, A SORCERER ACTS 13:4-12:_ John Mark accompanied Paul and Barnabas as they went to Seleucia and then sailed to the island of Cyprus. In Salamis they began to preach God's mess...
ΆΝΘΊΣΤΑΤΟ _impf. ind. med. от_ ΑΝΘΊΣΤΗΜΙ (G436) выступать против, противостоять. _Impf._ указывает на длительное действие и может быть конативным: "он пытался противостоять". ΈΛΫ́ΜΑΣ (G1681) Елима. О...
PAPHOS,— The city of Paphos was seated on the western extremity of the island of Cyprus, and famous among the Heathens for the temple and obscene worship of the Paphian Venus. There resided Sergius Pa...
AT PAPHOS. Acts 13:6-12. Acts 13:6 And when they had gone through the whole island unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-Jesus; Acts 13:7 who was wi...
8-12. While listening to the gospel, there were some indications that he was inclined to believe it. (8) "_But the magician Elymas, for so is his name translated, withstood them, seeking to turn aside...
But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith. BUT ELYMAS THE SORCERER (OR 'THE WISE') (FOR SO IS HIS NAME BY INTERP...
17 The death of James and the escape of Peter mark a crisis in the history of the kingdom proclamation. The power in Jerusalem passes out of the hands of the apostles into the hands of James, the Lord...
ST. PAUL AS A MISSIONARY 1. Prophets] see on Acts 11:27. SIMEON THAT WAS CALLED NIGER] Niger was a Roman cognomen. LUCIUS OF CYRENE] doubtless one of those Cyrenians who first preached at Antioch (Act...
ELYMAS] The name is Arabic, meaning 'the wise,' an equivalent of the Gk. _magus_....
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 13 THE *HOLY SPIRIT CHOOSES BARNABAS AND SAUL, 13:1-3 V1 There were some *prophets and teachers in the *church at Antioch. They were Barnabas,...
BUT ELYMAS THE SORCERER. — See Note on Acts 13:6. The charlatan feared the loss of the influence which he had previously exercised over the mind of the proconsul. His victim was emancipating himself f...
ἀνθίστατο : because he saw that his hope of gain was gone, _cf._ Acts 16:19; Acts 19:27, and the hope of retaining influence with the proconsul; see reading in, _cf._ 2 Timothy 3:8, where St. Paul use...
BEGINNING A MISSIONARY CAMPAIGN Acts 13:1-12 This is one of the greatest Chapter s in the New Testament, making a new departure in the ministry of the gospel, which henceforth begins to pass out to t...
The first most distinctly missionary movement sprang from Antioch, and was independent of all official initiation. A company of those in Antioch sent Saul and Barnabas, and it is declared immediately...
Preaching at Paphos The company first went to Seleucia, which was the port city of Antioch. It was located about 16 miles downstream. They sailed approximately one hundred miles to Salamis, the larges...
(4) But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith. (4) The devil makes Christ's victory more glorious in that he sets h...
SATAN'S PREACHER AND THE CONVERSION OF THE PROCONSUL 6-12. Having traveled across the island of Cyprus throughout the whole length from east to west, everywhere preaching the Word, they arrive at Paph...
And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister. (6) And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they foun...
We now enter on the missionary journeys, as they are called, of the apostle Paul. The work, under the Spirit, opens to the glory of the Lord. Not merely are Gentiles met in grace and brought into the...
8._To turn away the deputy from the faith. _No marvel if the seducer seek to put away the light, whereby he saw his own darkness driven away. (782) The same stour [contest] have we at this day with a...
We come now to the beginning of the direct history of the work, new in some important respects, that is, connected with Paul's mission by the immediate intervention of the Holy Ghost. It is not now Ch...
BUT ELYMAS THE SORCERER, FOR SO IS HIS NAME BY INTERPRETATION,.... Not that Magus a sorcerer is by interpretation Elymas; as if Luke was interpreting the Persic word "Magus", which is sometimes used i...
But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith. Ver. 8. _But Elymas_] Elymais is a part of Persia, the proper country of...
_When they had gone through the isle unto Paphos_ Which lay on its western coast; _they found a certain sorcerer_ Or magician; _a false prophet_ Who falsely pretended to foretel future events; _a Jew,...
ELYMAS; apparently an Arabic word meaning wise of learned, that is, in the arts of sorcery. TURN AWAY THE DEPUTY; prevent his embracing the gospel. Teachers of falsehood and pretenders to superior po...
From this time our attention is drawn particularly to the work of Saul, whose name is in this chapter changed to Paul, meaning "little," for one who is the most greatly used of God is, in his own esti...
BUT ELYMAS THE SORCERER (FOR SO HIS NAME IS TRANSLATED) WITHSTOOD THEM, SEEKING TO TURN THE PROCONSUL AWAY FROM THE FAITH. 1. Elymas - is his first name. Bar Jesus - identifies him as the son of Jes...
"But Elmas the magician (for so his name is translated)" The name Elymas is. Greek spelling of an Arabic word, that either means strong or wise. Elymas is. translation of the word "magician"; it is no...
4-13 Satan is in a special manner busy with great men and men in power, to keep them from being religious, for their example will influence many. Saul is here for the first time called Paul, and neve...
ELYMAS; this is another name of him that was called Bar-jesus, which was not unusual, as _Simon Bar-jona,_ MATTHEW 16:17. This _Elymas_ may be taken appellatively, and signifies the magician or _sorce...
8-12. While listening to the gospel, there were some indications that he was inclined to believe it. (8) "_ But the magician Elymas, for so is his name translated, withstood them, seeking to turn asid...
Tertullian A Treatise on the Soul Many attempts were also wrought against the apostles by the sorcerers Simon and Elymas,[335]...
Acts 13:8 But G1161 Elymas G1681 sorcerer G3097 for G1063 so G3779 his G846 name G3686 translated G3177 ...
THE EXPANSION OF THE WORD IN CYPRUS AND ASIA MINOR, WITH SATAN'S COUNTERATTACK BEING DEFEATED AT AN ASSEMBLY IN JERUSALEM, WHICH IS THEN FOLLOWED BY FURTHER MINISTRY (13:1-18:22). Jerusalem having for...
THE MINISTRY OF PAUL AND BARNABAS RESULTS IN THE COUNTER-ATTACK OF SATAN AND THE GATHERING AT JERUSALEM (13:1-15:35). Leaving Antioch under the direct commissioning of the Holy Spirit, in a parallel c...
‘But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn aside the proconsul from the faith.' However, Bar-jesus, or Elymas as he could be called, withstood them...
Acts 13:8. BUT ELYMAS THE SORCERER (FOR SO IS HIS NAME BY INTERPRETATION). Elymas is an Arabic word which means the ‘wise,' the ‘Magian,' or ‘magician.' It was evidently self-interest which induced th...
WITHSTOOD THEM (ανθιστατο αυτοις). Imperfect middle of ανθιστημ, to stand against (face to face). Dative case (αυτοις). He persisted in his opposition and was unwilling to lose his great prize. The...
CONTENTS: Paul and Barnabas called. Satanic opposition from a sorcerer. Paul's sermon in the synagogue at Antioch. Opposition from Jews. Paul and Barnabas turn to Gentiles. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Ho...
Acts 13:1. _The church that was at Antioch,_ which was counted one of the five apostolic churches. It is the true church by way of eminence, the synagogue having degenerated into a state of warfare wi...
BUT THEY WERE OPPOSED. This man could see Christianity in competition with him. He had used his magic to impress people and make himself rich. ELYMAS. It was usual for a Jew to also have a Gentile nam...
_As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate unto Me Barnabas and Saul._ THE COMPLETION OF THE APOSTOLATE This act was no conferring of the apostleship by the prophets a...
_And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away._ UNDYING FAME History has contemptuously obliterated from her annals the names of countless kings, who have se...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 13:8 Bar-Jesus, also known as ELYMAS, opposed the missionaries because he viewed them as a threat to his profitable relationship with the proconsul....
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 13:4 The two missionaries worked first on Cyprus, Barnabas’s home (Acts 4:36). The events of Paul’s first missionary journey are recorded in...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 13:1 The Witness in Cyprus and Southern Galatia. Chapters Acts 13:1 and Acts 14:1 re
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 13:4. SELEUCIA.—“Civitas potens, sæpta muris neque in barbarum corrupta sed conditoris Seleucia retinens” (Tac, _An._, vi. 42). The port of Antioch, three miles west of the cit...
EXPOSITION ACTS 13:1 _At Antioch., in the Church that was there _for _in the Church that was at Antioch, _A.V.; _prophets, _etc., for _certain prophets, _etc., A.V. and T.R.; _Barnabas, _etc., for _a...
Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; Barnabas, Simeon that was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch,...
1 Kings 22:24; 2 Timothy 3:8; 2 Timothy 4:14; 2 Timothy 4:15; Acts 13:
Elymas. An Arabic word, meaning the wise, and equivalent to Magus. See on ver. 6. Withstood. "The position of soothsayer to a Roman proconsul, even though it could only last a year, was too distingui...
ELYMAS, PAULUS, AND PAUL Acts 13:7 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Barnabas and Saul and John Mark made up the party that journeyed together, as the Holy Ghost led them in the way. It was a strong party, and th...