4 The two of them, sent on their way by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus.
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When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. John was with them as their helper.
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They traveled through the whole island until they came to Paphos. There they met a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet named Bar-Jesus,
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who was an attendant of the proconsul, Sergius Paulus. The proconsul, an intelligent man, sent for Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God.
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But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith.
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Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked straight at Elymas and said,