Elymas
But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by
interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the
deputy from the faith....
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is another name for Bar-Jesus (arc. Bar-Yeshua, lat.
Bariesu), a Jewish magician who appears in the New Testament
in the Acts of the Apostles, chapter 13. [1]
Acts of the Apostles calls him a magus, which the King James
Bible here translates as "sorcerer". He is represented as
opposing Paul of Tarsus and Barnabas on the city of Paphos on
Cypru...
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el'-i-mas (Elumas, "wise"; Acts 13:8)....
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A false prophet, punished with blindness
Ac 13:8,10...
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(a wise man), the Arabic name of the Jewish magus or sorcerer
Bar-jesus. Ac 13:6 ff. (A.D. 44.)...
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magician or sorcerer, the Arabic name of the Jew Bar-jesus,
who
withstood Paul and Barnabas in Cyprus. He was
miraculously
struck with blindness (Acts 13:11)....
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Arabic (alim, "wise," related to ulema) for Barjesus, the Jew
sorcerer associated with Sergius Paulus. proconsul of Cyprus
at Paul's visit (Acts 13:6, etc.). Struck blind for "seeking
to turn away the deputy (proconsul) from the faith." As he
opposed the gospel light, in significant retribution he lost
the natural light. Contrast Paul's simult...
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