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But the magician Elymas[a] (for that is the way his name is translated)[b] opposed them, trying to turn the proconsul[c] away from the faith.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 13:8 tn On the debate over what the name “Elymas” means, see BDAG 320 s.v. ᾿Ελύμας. The magician’s behavior is more directly opposed to the faith than Simon Magus’ was.
  2. Acts 13:8 sn A parenthetical note by the author.
  3. Acts 13:8 sn The proconsul was the Roman official who ruled over a province traditionally under the control of the Roman senate.

But Elymas the sorcerer(A) (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul(B) from the faith.(C)

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