(Acts 13:9–11) How did Paul come by this discernment, this insight into the nature and motivation of the magician? Since the text explicitly says that before speaking he was “filled with the Holy Spirit,” it only stands to reason that the Spirit revealed this to him spontaneously, in response to which Paul spoke (prophesied).
Storms points to this as a form of prophecy, whereas some might point to this as an example of word of knowledge. But as he said earlier, it’s probably not important to distinguish what is what here. One way or another it is the Holy Spirit spontaneously providing previously unknown and unknowable information about a person.
