What did Paul say when he confronted Elymas in Acts 13?
Filled with the Holy Spirit, Paul set his eyes on Elymas and said, 'O full of all subtlety and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, will thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?'
Les explains that Elymas, also called Bar-Jesus, was a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet who withstood Paul and Barnabas and sought to turn the Roman deputy Sergius Paulus away from the faith. Then Saul, who is also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, set his eyes on him and declared those words, confronting Elymas as full of subtlety, mischief, a child of the devil, an enemy of righteousness, and one perverting the right ways of the Lord.
Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him,
And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
More Questions
Was Paul just angry when he rebuked Elymas the sorcerer?
Paul's rebuke of Elymas was not a mere human reaction of anger but was spoken filled with the Holy Spirit, as a result of the Jew's imposing opposition.