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But El'ymas the magician (for that is the meaning of his name) withstood them, seeking to turn away the proconsul from the faith.
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But Saul, who is also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him
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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?
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And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you shall 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.
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Then the proconsul believed, when he saw what had occurred, for he was astonished at the teaching of the Lord.
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Now Paul and his company set sail from Paphos, and came to Perga in Pamphyl'ia. And John left them and returned to Jerusalem;
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but they passed on from Perga and came to Antioch of Pisid'ia. And on the sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat down.
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After the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, "Brethren, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, say it."
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So Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand said: "Men of Israel, and you that fear God, listen.
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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.
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And for about forty years he bore with them in the wilderness.