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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Elymas (Man living at the time of the New Testament)
Bar-Jesus, a Jewish false prophet on Cyprus, also called Elymas, which means sorcerer. He tried to turn the proconsul Sergius Paulus away from the faith. Paul struck him blind for a time, and the proconsul believed.
Bar-Jesus, a Jewish false prophet on Cyprus, also called Elymas, which means sorcerer. He tried to turn the proconsul Sergius Paulus away from the faith. Paul struck him blind for a time, and the proconsul believed.
Elymas, meaning "magician" or "sorcerer," was the surname of the Jewish false prophet Bar-Jesus, who attended the Roman proconsul Sergius Paulus on Cyprus and tried to turn him from the faith. Paul struck him with temporary blindness, and the proconsul believed as a result (Acts 13:6-12).
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- Acts 13:8
