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Then, when they had fasted and 1prayed and 2laid their hands on them, 3they sent them away.
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So, being 4sent out by the HolySpirit, they wentdown to Seleucia and from there they sailed to 5Cyprus.
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When they reachedSalamis, they began to proclaim the word of God in 6the synagogues of the Jews; and they alsohad7John as their helper.
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When they had gonethrough the wholeisland as far as Paphos, they found a 8magician, a Jewish9falseprophetwhosename was Bar-Jesus,
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who was with the 10proconsul, SergiusPaulus, a man of intelligence. ThismansummonedBarnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God.
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But Elymas the 11magician (for so his name is translated ) was opposing them, seeking to turn the 12proconsulaway from 13the faith.
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But Saul, who was also known as Paul, 14filled with the HolySpirit, fixed his gaze on him,
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and said, "You who are full of alldeceit and fraud, you 15son of the devil, you enemy of allrighteousness, will you not cease to makecrooked16the straightways of the Lord?
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"Now, behold, 17the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be blind and not see the sun for a time." And immediately a mist and a darknessfell upon him, and he wentaboutseeking those who would lead him by the hand.
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Then the 18proconsulbelieved when he saw what had happened, being amazed at 19the teaching of the Lord.
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NowPaul and his companions*put out to sea from 20Paphos and came to 21Perga in 22Pamphylia; but 23Johnleft them and returned to Jerusalem.