Acts 13:8

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 uses the same verb of the magicians withstanding Moses. Ἐλύμας, see critical notes in answer to Klostermann, who finds in Ἐ. a translation of Bar-Jesus; Wendt points out (1899) that in this case οὔτω γὰρ μεθ. would follow immediately after Ἐ., but as οὕτω κ. τ. λ. follows immediately upon ὁ μάγος, Ἐ. can only be a translation of that word; see also MS. authority, so Blass in [256], where he adds to βαρϊησοῦς the words ὃ μεθ. Ἑτοιμᾶς. In Ἐλύμας we have the Greek form either of Aramaic Alîmâ, strong, or more probably of an Arab word ‘ alim, wise; we cannot arrive at any derivation closer than this, cf. “Bar Jesus,” Hastings' B.D., and for a similar explanation Zöckler, in loco; and Wendt (1899), Grimm-Thayer, sub v., Ramsay, St. Paul, p. 74, and so Blass, in loco, read Ἑτοιμᾶς, and render “Son of the Ready”. διαστρέψαι, Exodus 5:4, same construction with ἀπό; 1 Kings 18:17-18; Matthew 17:17; Luke 9:41; Philippians 2:15; see also critical notes.

[256] R(omana), in Blass, a first rough copy of St. Luke.