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ButElymas the sorcerer* (for so is hisname by interpretation) withstoodthem,seeking to turn away the deputyfrom the faith.
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ThenSaul,* (who also is called Paul,) filled with the HolyGhost*, set his eyesonhim,
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And said, Ofull of allsubtiltyandallmischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of allrighteousness, wilt thounotcease to pervert the rightways of the Lord?
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Andnow,behold, the hand of the Lord is uponthee,and thou shalt beblind,notseeing the sunfor a season.Andimmediately there fellonhim a mistand a darkness;and he went aboutseeking some to lead him by the hand.
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Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonishedat the doctrine of the Lord.
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Now when Paul and his companyloosedfromPaphos, they cametoPerga in Pamphylia:andJohndepartingfromthemreturnedtoJerusalem.
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But when theydepartedfromPerga, they cametoAntioch in Pisidia,andwent into the synagogue on the sabbathday, and sat down.
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Andafter the reading of the lawand the prophets the rulers of the synagoguesentuntothem,saying, Ye men and brethren,if ye have*anyword of exhortationfor the people, say on.
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ThenPaul stood up, andbeckoning with his handsaid, Men of Israel,and ye that fearGod, give audience.
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The God of thispeople of Israelchoseourfathers,andexalted the peoplewhen they dwelt as strangersin the land of Egypt,andwith an higharm brought hethem out ofit.
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Andabout the time of forty years suffered hetheirmannersin the wilderness.