Acts 13:8

1 Kings 22:24; 2 Timothy 3:8; 2 Timothy 4:14; 2 Timothy 4:15; Acts 13:6; Acts 9:36; Exodus 7:11-13; Jeremiah 28:1; Jeremiah 28:10; Jeremiah 28:11; Jeremiah 29:24-32; John 1:41

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

} But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) - Elymas the magician. Elymas is the interpretation, not of the name Bar-jesus, b...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(4) But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith. (4) The devil mak...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Successes in Cyprus. Acts 13:4 . went down: the usual phrase in connexion with a seaport. Seleucia is the port of Antioch, about sixteen miles...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Elymas . The knowing one. Compare Ulema, the corporation of Moslem who interpret the Koran. Arabic alim, wise. withstood . Greek. anthistimi....
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

8. To turn away the deputy from the faith. No marvel if the seducer seek to put away the light, whereby he saw his own darkness driven away....
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith. But Elymas, the sorcer...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Paphos,— The city of Paphos was seated on the western extremity of the island of Cyprus, and famous among the Heathens for the temple and obscene w...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith. But Elymas the...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

St. Paul as a Missionary 1. Prophets] see on Acts 11:27 . Simeon that was called Niger ] Niger was a Roman cognomen. Lucius of Cyrene ] doubtle...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Elymas ] The name is Arabic, meaning 'the wise,' an equivalent of the Gk. magus .
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

But Elymas the sorcerer. — See Note on Acts 13:6 . The charlatan feared the loss of the influence which he had previously exercised over the mind...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Beginning a Missionary Campaign Acts 13:1-12 This is one of the greatest Chapter s in the New Testament, making a new departure in the ministry...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The first most distinctly missionary movement sprang from Antioch, and was independent of all official initiation. A company of those in Antioch sent...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister. (6) And when th...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But Elymas the sorcerer, for so is his name by interpretation ,.... Not that Magus a sorcerer is by interpretation Elymas; as if Luke was interpreti...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith. Ver. 8. But Elymas...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

When they had gone through the isle unto Paphos Which lay on its western coast; they found a certain sorcerer Or magician; a false prophet Who...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

From this time our attention is drawn particularly to the work of Saul, whose name is in this chapter changed to Paul, meaning "little," for one who...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Elymas Struck with Blindness. 4 So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, depa...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Elymas; this is another name of him that was called Bar-jesus, which was not unusual, as Simon Bar-jona, Matthew 16:17 . This Elymas may be...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Expansion Of The Word In Cyprus and Asia Minor, With Satan's Counterattack Being Defeated at an Assembly In Jerusalem, Which is Then Followed By...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Ministry of Paul and Barnabas Results in the Counter-attack of Satan and the Gathering at Jerusalem (13:1-15:35). Leaving Antioch under the di...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn aside the proconsul from the faith.' However, Bar-je...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 13:4 . Seleucia .—“Civitas potens, sæpta muris neque in barbarum corrupta sed conditoris Seleucia retinens” (Tac, An. , v...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 13:1 . The church that was at Antioch, which was counted one of the five apostolic churches. It is the true church by way of eminence, the sy...
The Biblical Illustrator

As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate unto Me Barnabas and Saul. The completion of the apostolate This act...
The Biblical Illustrator

And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away. Undying fame History has contemptuously obliterated fro...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Acts 13:1 At Antioch., in the Church that was there for in the Church that was at Antioch, A.V.; prophets, etc., for cert...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

But Elymas, the sorcerer, (for so is his name by interpretation,) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The opposition of Elymas:
Wells of Living Water Commentary

Elymas, Paulus, and Paul Acts 13:7-31 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Barnabas and Saul and John Mark made up the party that journeyed together, as the Hol...

⁸ But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.

Related Commentaries of Acts 13:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

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