8But Elymas the magician (for so his name is by interpretation) opposed them, seeking to turn away the proconsul from the faith.


In Context

5 And being in Salamis, they announced the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had John also as their attendant.

6 And having passed through the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a certain man a magician, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-jesus,

7 who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. He, having called Barnabas and Saul to him, desired to hear the word of God.

8 But Elymas the magician (for so his name is by interpretation) opposed them, seeking to turn away the proconsul from the faith.

9 But Saul, who also is Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, fixing his eyes upon him,

10 said, O full of all deceit and all craft: son of the devil, enemy of all righteousness; wilt thou not cease perverting the right paths of the Lord?

Acts 13:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:8But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

13:8But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

13:8But Elymas the magician (for so his name is interpreted) withstood them, seeking to turn away the proconsul from the faith.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

13:8But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn aside the proconsul from the faith.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

13:8But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn aside the proconsul from the faith.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:8But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:8But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn aside the proconsul from the faith.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

13:8and there withstood them Elymas the magian — for so is his name interpreted — seeking to pervert the proconsul from the faith.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:8But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.