Acts 13:6-12

New Catholic Bible

At Cyprus Facing a Proconsul and a Magician.^{[a] 6} When they had traveled through the whole island as far as Paphos,^[b] they encountered a magician named Bar-Jesus, who was a Jewish false prophet. ⁷ He was an attendant of the proconsul Sergius Paulus, a learned man who had summoned Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God. ⁸ However, the magician Elymas (for that is the translation of his name) opposed them in an attempt to prevent the proconsul’s conversion to the faith.

⁹ Then Saul, also known as Paul,^[c] filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at Elymas ¹⁰ and said, “You offspring of the devil, you enemy of righteousness, filled with every kind of deceit and fraud, will you never cease to pervert the straight paths of the Lord? ¹¹ Now take note of how the hand of the Lord will strike you. You will be blind, and for a period of time you will not be able to see the sun.” Immediately, he was enveloped in a dark mist, and he groped about for someone to lead him by the hand. ¹² When the proconsul saw what had happened, he became a believer, having been deeply impressed by the teaching of the Lord.