On Cyprus

⁴ The two of them, sent on their way by the Holy Spirit,^(A) went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus.^{(B) 5} When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God^(C) in the Jewish synagogues.^(D) John^(E) was with them as their helper.

⁶ They traveled through the whole island until they came to Paphos. There they met a Jewish sorcerer^(F) and false prophet^(G) named Bar-Jesus, ⁷ who was an attendant of the proconsul,^(H) Sergius Paulus. The proconsul, an intelligent man, sent for Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God. ⁸ But Elymas the sorcerer^(I) (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul^(J) from the faith.^{(K) 9} Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit,^(L) looked straight at Elymas and said, ¹⁰ “You are a child of the devil^(M) and an enemy of everything that is right! You are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery. Will you never stop perverting the right ways of the Lord?^{(N) 11} Now the hand of the Lord is against you.^(O) You are going to be blind for a time, not even able to see the light of the sun.”^(P)

Immediately mist and darkness came over him, and he groped about, seeking someone to lead him by the hand. ¹² When the proconsul^(Q) saw what had happened, he believed, for he was amazed at the teaching about the Lord.