Acts 13:8

Bishops' Bible (1568)

But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstoode them, and sought to turne the deputie away from the fayth.

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  • Acts 13:6-7 : 6 And when they had gone through the Ile vnto Paphos, they founde a certayne sorcerer, a false prophete, a Iewe, whose name was Bariesu: 7 Which was with the deputie of the countrey, one Sergius Paulus, a prudent man: The same called vnto hym Barnabas and Saul, and desired to heare the worde of God.
  • 2 Tim 3:8 : 8 For as Iannes and Iambres withstoode Moyses, so do these also resist the trueth: Men of corrupt myndes, reprobate concernyng the fayth:
  • 2 Tim 4:14-15 : 14 Alexander the coppersmith shewed me much euyll: The Lorde rewarde hym accordyng to his deedes. 15 Of whom be thou ware also: For he hath greatly withstande our preaching.
  • Acts 13:12 : 12 Then the deputie, when he sawe what was done, beleued, and wondred at the doctrine of the Lorde.
  • Exod 7:11-13 : 11 Then Pharao called for the wyse men, and enchaunters: and those sorcerers of Egypt dyd in like maner with their sorcerie. 12 For they cast downe euery man his rod, and they turned to serpentes: but Aarons rodde did eate vp their roddes. 13 And he helde Pharaos heart that he hearkened not vnto them, euen as the Lorde had sayde.
  • 1 Kgs 22:24 : 24 But Zedekia the sonne of Chanaana went to & smote Michea on the cheke, and sayde: When went the spirite of the Lorde from me, to speake vnto thee?
  • Jer 28:1 : 1 And it came to passe the same yere, euen in the begynnyng of the raigne of Zedekiah kyng of Iuda, in the fourth yere, the fift moneth, that Hananias the sonne of Assur the prophete of Gibeon spake to me in the house of the Lorde, in the presence of the priestes, and of all the people, and sayde:
  • Jer 28:10-11 : 10 And Hananias the prophete toke the chayne from the prophete Ieremies necke, and brake it: 11 And with that sayde Hananias that all the people might heare, thus hath the Lorde spoken, Euen so wyll I breake the yoke of Nabuchodonozor kyng of Babylon from the necke of all nations, yea and that within this two yere. And so the prophete Ieremie went his way.
  • Jer 29:24-32 : 24 But as for Semeiah the Nehelamite, thou shalt speake vnto hym: 25 Thus saith the Lorde of hoastes the God of Israel, Because thou hast sent letters in thine owne name vnto all the people that is at Hierusalem, and to Sophoniah the sonne of Maasiah the priest, yea & sent them to all the priestes, wherin thou writest thus vnto hym: 26 The Lorde hath ordeyned thee to be priest in the steade of Iehoiada the priest, that thou shouldest be chiefe in the house of the Lorde aboue all prophetes and preachers, and that thou mightest set them vpon the pyllory, or in the stockes: 27 Howe happeneth it then that thou hast not reproued Hieremie of Anathoth, which neuer leaueth of his propheciyng. 28 And beside all this, he hath sent vs worde vnto Babylon, and tolde vs playnely that our captiuitie shall long endure, that we should builde vs houses to dwel therin, and to plant vs gardens, that we may enioy the fruites therof. 29 Which letter Sophonias the priest read, and let Ieremie the prophete heare it. 30 Then came the worde of the Lorde vnto Ieremie, saying: 31 Sende worde to all them that be in captiuitie, on this maner, Thus hath the Lorde spoken concerning Semeiah the Nehelamite: Because that Semeiah hath prophecied vnto you without my commission, and brought you into a false hope: 32 Therfore thus the Lorde doth certifie you, Beholde, I wyll visite Semeiah the Nehelamite and his seede, so that none of his shall remayne among this people, and none of them shall see the good that I wyll do for my people, saith the Lorde: for he hath preached falsely of the Lorde.
  • John 1:41 : 41 The same founde his brother Simon first, and sayth vnto hym: We haue founde Messias, which is by interpretation, the annoynted.
  • Acts 6:7 : 7 And the worde of God encreased, & the number of ye disciples multiplied in Hierusalem greatly, and a great companie of the priestes were obedient to ye fayth.
  • Acts 8:9 : 9 But there was a certayne man called Simon, which beforetyme in the same citie vsed witchcraft, and bewitched the people of Samaria, saying that he was a man that coulde do great thynges:
  • Acts 9:36 : 36 There was also at Ioppa a certayne woman, a disciple, named Tabitha, which by interpretatio is called Dorcas: the same was full of good workes and almes deedes, which she dyd.

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    5And when they were at Salamine, they preached the worde of God in the synagogues of the Iewes: And they had also Iohn to their minister.

    6And when they had gone through the Ile vnto Paphos, they founde a certayne sorcerer, a false prophete, a Iewe, whose name was Bariesu:

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    11And nowe beholde, the hande of the Lorde is vpon thee, and thou shalt be blynde, and not see the sunne for a season. And immediatly, there fell on hym a myste, and a darcknesse, and he went about, seekyng them that shoulde leade hym by the hande.

    12Then the deputie, when he sawe what was done, beleued, and wondred at the doctrine of the Lorde.

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