Lockyer's All the Men of the Bible – Bar-Jesus
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Bar-Jesus

Bar-Jesus [Bär-jē'zus]—son of joshua. The name of the false prophet, a Jew, otherwise known as Elymas, who opposed Paul and Barnabas at Paphos (Acts 13:6). In Paul’s judgment upon this false prophet there is a play upon words. Elymas was full of deceit and not of wisdom: Bar-jesus meaning, “son of Jesus” had become “a son of the devil” (Acts 13:6; Phil. 3:2).