Justin Edwards' Family Bible NT (1851)
Acts 13:10
Child of the devil; like him in temper and conduct.
Pervert; misrepresent, and turn men away from the truth.
Child of the devil; like him in temper and conduct.
Pervert; misrepresent, and turn men away from the truth.
Verse Acts 13:10. _O FULL OF ALL SUBTILTY_] δολου, _Deceit_, pretending to supernatural powers without possessing any, and having only _cunning_ and _deceit_ as their substitutes. _AND-MISCHIEF_] ρα...
O FULL OF ALL SUBTILTY AND ALL MISCHIEF - The word “subtilty” denotes “deceit and fraud,” and implies that he was practicing an imposition, and that he knew it. The word rendered “mischief” ῥᾳδιουργ...
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...
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...
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...
ALL. Notice the three "alls". SUBTILTY. guile. Greek. _dolos._ Compare Matthew 26:4.Mark 14:1.Revelation 14:5. MISCHIEF. wickedness. Greek. _radiourgia._ Only here. Compare...
_enemy of all righteousness_ We may judge from this expression that St Paul recognized an earnest zeal for truth in the enquiries of the proconsul, and that his wrath against Elymas was not only for w...
ἘΧΘΡῈ ΠΆΣΗΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΣΎΝΗΣ, _enemy of all righteousness_. We may judge from this expression that St Paul recognised an earnest zeal for truth in the inquiries of the proconsul, and that his wrath against...
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...
ΔΌΛΟΥ _gen. sing. от_ ΔΌΛΟΣ (G1388) обман, мошенничество, плутовство. Изначально наживка для рыбы, потом — любая хитрая задумка для обмана или ловли (LS). _Gen._ содержимого, ΡΑΔΙΟΥΡΓΊΑ (G4468) легко...
DISCOURSE: 1775 ELYMAS THE SORCERER STRUCK BLIND Acts 13:9. Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him, and said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, th...
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...
See notes one verse 8...
And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord? AND SAID. Henceforward Barnab...
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...
13:10 Lord? (b-28) Possibly 'Jehovah.'...
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...
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,...
FULL OF ALL SUBTILTY AND ALL MISCHIEF. — The Greek of the second noun is found here only in the New Testament. Its primary meaning expresses simply “ease in working;” but this passed through the sever...
πλήρης : for an interesting parallel in Plato _cf._ Wetstein, _in loco_, Plato, _Legg._, 908 D. ῥᾳδιουργίας : only here in N.T., _cf._ Acts 18:14, hellenistic, R.V. “villainy,” A.V. “mischief” (so Gen...
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...
(5) And said, O full of all subtilty and all (e) mischief, [thou] child of the devil, [thou] enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord? (5) The sorcerer, w...
_Son of the devil. Sharp language, when grounded on truth, may be used against those who hinder the conversion of others. St. John Chrysostom says, he was struck with this blindness only for a time, t...
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...
10._O thou full of deceit. _It was not without a cause that Paul was thus hot and angry; for he had no hope to do any good if he should deal after some moderate and mild sort. We must always begin wit...
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...
AND SAID, O FULL OF ALL SUBTLETY AND ALL MISCHIEF,.... Which may have regard both to his general character as a sorcerer, and a false prophet; in acting up to which he used much deceit and cunning amo...
And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, _thou_ child of the devil, _thou_ enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord? Ver. 10. _O full of all sub...
_Then Saul, who also is called Paul_ Moved by an immediate inspiration of the _Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him_ Looked steadfastly on that impostor, and said, with just indignation, _O full of all sub...
AND SAID, O FULL OF ALL SUBTLETY AND ALL MISCHIEF, THOU CHILD OF THE DEVIL, THOU ENEMY OF ALL RIGHTEOUSNESS, WILT THOU NOT CEASE TO PERVERT THE RIGHT WAYS OF THE LORD?...
The opposition of Elymas:...
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...
AND SAID, "O FULL OF ALL DECEIT AND ALL FRAUD, _YOU_ SON OF THE DEVIL, _YOU_ ENEMY OF ALL RIGHTEOUSNESS, WILL YOU NOT CEASE PERVERTING THE STRAIGHT WAYS OF THE LORD? 1. Paul does not "pull any punche...
"You who are full of all deceit and fraud" The Holy Spirit immediately labels Elymas as. fake and. fraud. He was not full of miraculous powers and wisdom, rather he was full of deception and falsehood...
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...
OLBGrk; MISCHIEF; radiourgia signifies a facility or readiness in doing mischief, and that such who are given to sorcery are easily drawn to commit any kind of sin whatsoever. THOU CHILD OF THE DEVIL;...
Lactantius Divine Institutes Book V Another[21] Origen Commentary on John Book VI Hence the rebuke directed to a man of this kind and to all who resemble him, "Why pervert ye the right ways of the...
Acts 13:10 said G2036 (G5627) O G5599 full G4134 all G3956 deceit G1388 and G2532 all G3956 fraud...
‘But Saul, who is also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, fastened his eyes on him, and said, “O full of all guile and all villainy, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will y...
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...
OF ALL GUILE (παντος δολου). From δελω, to catch with bait, old word, already seen in Matthew 26:4; Mark 7:22; Mark 14:1. Paul denounces Elymas as a trickster.ALL VILLAINY (πασης ραιδιουργιας). La...
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...
YOU SON OF THE DEVIL! This is the only recorded miracle by an apostle, done for the purpose of injury. Yet this had to be done to show the power of Christ superior to the power of this man. Sergius Pa...
THEN SAUL (WHO ALSO IS CALLED PAUL). The crisis in Saul’s history and his change of name From this point Paul appears as the great figure in every picture, and Barnabas falls into the background. The...
_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...
_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...
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 John 3:8; 2 Chronicles 17:6; 2 Corinthians 11:3; Acts 18:25; Ac
Mischief [ρ α δ ι ο υ ρ γ ι α ς]. Only here in New Testament. Originally, ease or facility in doing; hence readiness in turning the hand to anything, bad or good; and so recklessness, unscrupulousness...
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...
O full of all guile — As a false prophet, and all mischief — As a magician. Thou son of the devil — A title well suited to a magician; and one who not only was himself unrighteous, but laboured to kee...