Sergius Paulus

Sergius Paulus Scripture - Acts 13:7

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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Sergus Paulus in Wikipedia

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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Sergius Paulus in Easton's Bible Dictionary

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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Sergius Paulus in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

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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Sergius Paulus in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

sur'-ji-us po'-lus. See PAULUS, SERGIUS....

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Sergius Paulus in Naves Topical Bible

-A Roman deputy and convert of Paul Ac 13:7-12...

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Sergius Paulus in Smiths Bible Dictionary

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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