World English Bible
Acts 13:7
“who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of understanding. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul, and sought to hear the word of God.”
Verse in context — Acts 13
5
When they were at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. They had also John as their attendant.
6
When they had gone through the island to Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar Jesus,
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who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of understanding. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul, and sought to hear the word of God.
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But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn aside the proconsul from the faith.
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But Saul, who is also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, fastened his eyes on him,
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