Sergius Paulus
Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a
prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to
hear the word of God....
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Lucius Sergius Paullus was a Proconsul of Cyprus under
Claudius (1st century AD). He appears in Acts (13:6-13),
where in Paphos Paul, accompanied by Barnabas and John,
overcame the attempts of Bar-Jesus or Elymas and converted
Sergius to Christianity.
A boundary stone of Claudius mentioning Sergius was
discovered at Rome in 1887. It records th...
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a "prudent man" (R.V., "man of understanding"), the deputy
(R.V., "proconsul") of Cyprus (Acts 13:6-13). He
became a
convert to Christianity under Paul, who visited this
island on
his first mission to the heathen.
A remarkable memorial of this proconsul was recently
(1887)
discovered at Rome. On a boundary stone of Claudius
his name is
fo...
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Proconsul of Cyprus, when Paul and Barnabas visited it on
their first missionary circuit (Acts 13:7). (See CYPRUS; PAUL;
PROVINCE; DEPUTY; ELYMAS.) He was at first under the influence
of Elymas, but being "a prudent man" (i.e. intelligent and
searching for the truth), he called for Barnabas and Paul, and
having heard the word of God, and havin...
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sur'-ji-us po'-lus.
See PAULUS, SERGIUS....
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-A Roman deputy and convert of Paul
Ac 13:7-12...
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was the proconsul of Cyprus when the apostle Paul visited that
island with Barnabas on his first missionary tour. Ac 13:7
seq. (A.D. 44.) He is described as an intelligent man, truth-
seeking, eager for information from all sources within his
reach. Though at first admitting to his society Elymas the
magician, he afterward, on becoming acquaint...
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