Acts 13:6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus:

Certain

Isaiah 8:19

A false

Whose

Matthew 16:17

Mark 10:46

John 21:15

General references

Leviticus 19:31

Bible References

Certain

A man named Simon had previously practiced sorcery in that city and astounded the Samaritan people, while claiming to be somebody great.

And many who had become believers came confessing and disclosing their practices,

“You must not allow a sorceress to live.

“Whoever turns to mediums

or spiritists and prostitutes himself with them, I will turn against that person and cut him off from his people.

No one among you is to make his son or daughter pass through the fire,

practice divination, tell fortunes, interpret omens, practice sorcery,

Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the Lord because he did not keep the Lord’s word. He even consulted a medium for guidance,

When they say to you, “Consult the spirits of the dead and the spiritists who chirp and mutter,” shouldn’t a people consult their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?

A false

“If a prophet or someone who has dreams arises among you and proclaims a sign or wonder to you,

“The Lord asked him, ‘How?’

“He said, ‘I will go and become a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’

“Then He said, ‘You will certainly entice him and prevail. Go and do that.’

Among the prophets of Jerusalem also
I saw a horrible thing:
They commit adultery and walk in lies.
They strengthen the hands of evildoers,
and none turns his back on evil.
They are all like Sodom to Me;
Jerusalem’s residents are like Gomorrah.

“Since they have led My people astray saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, for when someone builds a wall they plaster it with whitewash,

If a man still prophesies, his father and his mother who bore him will say to him: You cannot remain alive because you have spoken falsely in the name of Yahweh. When he prophesies, his father and his mother who bore him will pierce him through.

False messiahs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.

For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.

Just as Jannes and Jambres resisted Moses, so these also resist the truth, men who are corrupt in mind, worthless in regard to the faith.

But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, and will bring swift destruction on themselves.

Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to determine if they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

But the beast was taken prisoner, and along with him the false prophet, who had performed the signs in his presence. He deceived those who accepted the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image with these signs. Both of them were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.

Whose

And Jesus responded, “Simon son of Jonah,

you are blessed because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father in heaven.

They came to Jericho. And as He was leaving Jericho with His disciples and a large crowd, Bartimaeus (the son of Timaeus), a blind beggar, was sitting by the road.

When they had eaten breakfast, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me more than these?”

“Yes, Lord,” he said to Him, “You know that I love You.”

“Feed My lambs,”

He told him.

General references

“Do not turn to mediums

or consult spiritists,

or you will be defiled by them; I am Yahweh your God.