5. When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had John to assist them.
6. When they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they came upon a certain magician, a Jewish false prophet named Bar-Jesus.
7. He was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of intelligence, who summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God.
8. But Elymas the magician (for that is the meaning of his name) opposed them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith.
9. But Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him
10. and said, “You son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, full of all deceit and villainy, will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord?
11. And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be blind and unable to see the sun for a time.” Immediately mist and darkness fell upon him, and he went about seeking people to lead him by the hand.
12. Then the proconsul believed, when he saw what had occurred, for he was astonished at the teaching of the Lord.
13. Now Paul and his companions set sail from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia. And John left them and returned to Jerusalem,
14. but they went on from Perga and came to Antioch in Pisidia. And on the Sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat down.
15. After the reading from the Law and the Prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent a message to them, saying, “Brothers, if you have any word of encouragement for the people, say it.”
16. So Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand said:“Men of Israel and you who fear God, listen.
17. The God of this people Israel chose our fathers and made the people great during their stay in the land of Egypt, and with uplifted arm he led them out of it.
18. And for about forty years he put up with them in the wilderness.
19. And after destroying seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land as an inheritance.