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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Acts 13:8-12

The opposition of Elymas: v. 8. But Elymas, the sorcerer, (for so is his name by interpretation,) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith. v. 9. Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him v. 10. and said, O full of all subtlety and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord? v. 11. And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee,... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Acts 13:4-12

B.—THEIR JOURNEY TO CYPRUS. THE RESULTS OF THEIR LABORS IN THIS ISLANDCHAPTER Acts 13:4-124So they3 , being [After they had now been] sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto [they went down to] Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus. 5And when they were [they arrived] at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also [but they also had] John to their minister [as assistant]. 6And when they had gone [But when they travelled] through the... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Acts 13:1-8

Acts TO THE REGIONS BEYOND Act_13:1 - Act_13:13 . We stand in this passage at the beginning of a great step forward. Philip and Peter had each played a part in the gradual expansion of the church beyond the limits of Judaism; but it was from the church at Antioch that the messengers went forth who completed the process. Both its locality and its composition made that natural. I. The solemn designation of the missionaries is the first point in the narrative. The church at Antioch was not... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Acts 13:1-12

Beginning a Missionary Campaign Acts 13:1-12 This is one of the greatest chapters in the New Testament, making a new departure in the ministry of the gospel, which henceforth begins to pass out to the uttermost part of the earth, Acts 1:8 . It is likely that the mother church at Jerusalem was too conservative to lend herself to the pressure of the Holy Spirit, urging to world-wide evangelization, and that he had to employ the more mobile church at Antioch, which was more susceptible to the... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Acts 13:1-52

The first most distinctly missionary movement sprang from Antioch, and was independent of all official initiation. A company of those in Antioch sent Saul and Barnabas, and it is declared immediately afterward they were sent by the Holy Spirit. Saul and Barnabas started on this journey together. While especially glad to work among the Gentiles, Paul ever began with the Jew and the synagogue. In Antioch in Pisidia we find him reviewing his own history, and proclaiming his evangel. He made it... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Acts 13:7-31

Elymas, Paulus, and Paul Acts 13:7-31 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Barnabas and Saul and John Mark made up the party that journeyed together, as the Holy Ghost led them in the way. It was a strong party, and the grace of the Lord was with them. They passed from city to city giving their testimony and preaching the Word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. When they had left Salamis and had gone through the Isle of Paphros, they found "a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 13:1-52

The Expansion Of The Word In Cyprus and Asia Minor, With Satan’s Counterattack Being Defeated at an Assembly In Jerusalem, Which is Then Followed By Further Ministry (13:1-18:22). Jerusalem having forfeited its Messiah and its right to evangelise the world, the torch now passes to Antioch. For in his presentation of the forward flow of ‘the word’ Luke now had to find the next great forwards movement and he found it at Syrian Antioch. From there at the instigation of the Holy Spirit (the Holy... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 13:8

‘But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn aside the proconsul from the faith.’ However, Bar-jesus, or Elymas as he could be called, withstood them and sought to bring up opposition against what they were saying. he wanted to convince Paulus that they were a bad lot. We must presume from Saul’s reaction that his methods were underhand and deceitful. His sole aim appears to have been in order to prevent the pro-consul from listening. He was... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 13:4-12

Acts 13:4-2 Kings : . Successes in Cyprus. Acts 13:4 . went down: the usual phrase in connexion with a seaport.— Seleucia is the port of Antioch, about sixteen miles from it. Acts 13:5 . Salamis is the eastern port of Cyprus.— in the synagogues: this was the natural procedure for a Jew with a message bearing on the faith and on the salvation of his race. Ac. develops later a theory as to Paul’ s practice in addressing Jew and Gentile; the fact as told here may be accepted. What was Mark’ s... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Acts 13:8

Elymas; this is another name of him that was called Bar-jesus, which was not unusual, as Simon Bar-jona, Matthew 16:17. This Elymas may be taken appellatively, and signifies the magician or sorcerer; but being it was a proper name unto others we read of, it may be so here. read more