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Elymas

A Dictionary of the Bible | 1997 | | Copyright

Elymas Also called Bar-Jesus; a Jewish sorcerer at Paphos (Acts 13: 6–12). When Elymas tried to dissuade the proconsul of Cyprus from embracing Christianity, Paul caused him to be struck with temporary blindness. The proconsul was ‘astonished’ (NRSV).

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Bar-jesus

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Bar-jesus , called Elymas , in the New Testament, Jewish sorcerer at Paphos who tried to divert a prospective Christian convert and was cursed with blindness.

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Elymas

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Elymas , the same as Bar-jesus .

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