Acts 13:8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.

For

Acts 13:6

Acts 9:36

John 1:41

Withstood

General references

Leviticus 19:31

Isaiah 47:12

Bible References

For

When they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a magician, a Jewish false prophet whose name was Bar-Jesus,

Now in Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which translated in Greek is called Dorcas); this woman was abounding with deeds of kindness and charity which she continually did.

He *found first his own brother Simon and *said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which translated means Christ).

Withstood

Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers, and they also, the

magicians of Egypt, did the same with their secret arts.

Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near and struck Micaiah on the cheek and said, “How did the Spirit of the Lord pass from me to speak to you?”

Now in the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, in the fifth month, Hananiah the son of Azzur, the prophet, who was from Gibeon, spoke to me in the house of the Lord in the presence of the priests and all the people, saying,

To Shemaiah the Nehelamite you shall speak, saying,

Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men of depraved mind, rejected in regard to the faith.

Alexander the coppersmith did me much harm; the Lord will repay him according to his deeds.

General references

‘Do not turn to

mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out to be defiled by them. I am the Lord your God.

“Stand fast now in your spells
And in your many sorceries
With which you have labored from your youth;
Perhaps you will be able to profit,
Perhaps you may cause trembling.