6. Barnabas and Saul went all the way to the city of Paphos on the other end of the island, where they met a Jewish man named Bar-Jesus. He practised witchcraft and was a false prophet.
7. He also worked for Sergius Paulus, who was very clever and was the governor of the island. Sergius Paulus wanted to hear God's message, and he sent for Barnabas and Saul.
8. But Bar-Jesus, whose other name was Elymas, was against them. He even tried to keep the governor from having faith in the Lord.
9. Then Saul, better known as Paul, was filled with the Holy Spirit. He looked straight at Elymas
10. and said, “You son of the devil! You are a liar, a criminal, and an enemy of everything that is right. When will you stop speaking against the true ways of the Lord?
11. The Lord is going to punish you by making you completely blind for a while.”Suddenly the man's eyes were covered by a dark mist, and he went around trying to get someone to lead him by the hand.
12. When the governor saw what had happened, he was amazed at this teaching about the Lord. So he put his faith in the Lord.
13. Paul and the others left Paphos and sailed to Perga in Pamphylia. But John left them and went back to Jerusalem.
14. The rest of them went on from Perga to Antioch in Pisidia. Then on the Sabbath they went to the Jewish meeting place and sat down.
15. After the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the leaders sent someone over to tell Paul and Barnabas, “Friends, if you have anything to say that will help the people, please say it.”
16. Paul got up. He motioned with his hand and said:People of Israel, and everyone else who worships God, listen!