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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Sergius (Man living at the time of the New Testament)
Sergius Paulus was the Roman proconsul of Cyprus. He sent for Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God, and he believed after he watched Paul strike the sorcerer Elymas blind. An inscription found on Cyprus names him.
Sergius Paulus was the Roman proconsul of Cyprus. He sent for Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God, and he believed after he watched Paul strike the sorcerer Elymas blind. An inscription found on Cyprus names him.
Sergius Paulus was the Roman proconsul of Cyprus who summoned Barnabas and Saul to hear the word of God, then believed after watching Paul strike the sorcerer Elymas blind (Acts 13:6-12). An inscription discovered on Cyprus names a proconsul Sergius Paulus from roughly this period, lending historical support to Luke's precise use of the title "proconsul" for the island's governor.
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- Acts 13:7
