This man, summoning bar-Nabas and Saul, wished to hear the word of God. 8But Elymas the sorcerer (for such is his name when translated)q opposed them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith. 9But Saul (who was also “Paul”),r filled with a Holy Spirit, gazed at him and said, 10“O you, full of all deceit and all villainy, son of the Slanderer, enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease twisting the Lord’s straight paths crooked? 11And now see the Lord’s hand upon you, and you will be blind, not seeing the sun for a season.” And at once a mist and a darkness descended on him, and
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