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who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. *He*, having called Barnabas and Saul to [him], desired to hear the word of God.
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But Elymas the magician (for so his name is by interpretation) opposed them, seeking to turn away the proconsul from the faith.
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But Saul, who also [is] Paul, filled with [the] Holy Spirit, fixing his eyes upon him,
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said, O full of all deceit and all craft: son of [the] devil, enemy of all righteousness; wilt thou not cease perverting the right paths of [the] Lord?
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And now behold, [the] Lord's hand [is] upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell upon him a mist and darkness; and going about he sought persons who should lead him by the hand.
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Then the proconsul, seeing what had happened, believed, being amazed at the teaching of the Lord.
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And having sailed from Paphos, Paul and his company came to Perga of Pamphylia; and John separated from them and returned to Jerusalem.
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But they, passing through from Perga, came to Antioch of Pisidia; and entering into the synagogue on the sabbath day they sat down.
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And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, Brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation to the people, speak.
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And Paul, rising up and making a sign with the hand, said, Israelites, and ye that fear God, hearken.
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The God of this people Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people in their sojourn in [the] land of Egypt, and with a high arm brought them out of it,