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


In Context

5 and having come unto Salamis, they declared the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews, and they had also John as a ministrant;

6 and having gone through the island unto Paphos, they found a certain magian, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name is Bar-Jesus;

7 who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man; this one having called for Barnabas and Saul, did desire to hear the word of God,

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

9 And Saul — who also is Paul — having been filled with the Holy Spirit, and having looked stedfastly on him,

10 said, 'O full of all guile, and all profligacy, son of a devil, enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease perverting the right ways 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:8But Elymas the magician (for so his name is by interpretation) opposed them, seeking to turn away 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 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.