Who was Bar-Jesus in Acts 13 and who was he with?
Bar-Jesus was a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet, also called Elimus, encountered by Barnabas and Saul at Paphos. He was with Sergius Paulus, the Roman deputy or governor, a prudent man who summoned Barnabas and Saul to hear God's Word. Bar-Jesus withstood them, seeking to turn the deputy away from the faith.
Les explains that at Paphos, after they had gone through the island of Cyprus, they found a certain Jewish sorcerer and false prophet named Bar-Jesus, also called Elimus. He was with the Roman deputy or governor Sergius Paulus, a prudent man who called for Barnabas and Saul because he desired to hear the Word of God. Les notes that this Jewish sorcerer was probably the deputy's right-hand man. He withstood Barnabas and Saul, trying to keep them from any contact with the Roman governor and seeking to turn the deputy away from the faith. Then Saul, also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, set his eyes on him and called him full of all subtlety and mischief, a child of the devil and enemy of all righteousness, because he would not cease perverting the right ways of the Lord.
And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus:
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