Cyprus in the Bible

Meaning: fair; fairness

Exact Match

When they had traveled across the whole island they came to Paphos [a town on the island of Cyprus]; [there] they met a certain magician named Bar-Jesus, who was a Jewish false prophet.

Verse ConceptsExamples Of FaithDivination, Practiced ByTravelFalse Teachers, Examples OfFalse Apostles, Prophets And TeachersSorcery

And, sighting Cyprus, and leaving it behind to the left, we held on our voyage to Syria, and landed at Tyre; for, there, the ship was to discharge her cargo.

Verse ConceptsSouthGod Is ImmanentEmptyingLeft Hand Side

and there went certain also of the disciples from Caesarea, along with us, who were to introduce us unto one with whom we might be entertained, one Mnason of Cyprus, an early disciple.

Verse ConceptsHospitality, Examples OfIslandsflexibility

Thematic Bible



And having been shown Cyprus, and left it at the left hand, we sailed to Syria, and were conveyed to Tyre: for thither was the ship discharging the lading.

And conveyed from thence, we sailed to Cyprus, for the winds were contrary.


Therefore truly those dispersed by the pressure having been on account of Stephen, passed through even to Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to none except the Jews only. And certain of them were Cyprian and Cyrenian men, who having come to Antioch, spake to the Greeks announcing good news, the Lord Jesus.


Therefore these truly, sent forth by the Holy Spirit, came down to Seleucia and from thence they sailed to Cyprus. And being in Salamis, they announced the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John a servant. And having passed through the island to Paphos, they found a certain magician, a false prophet, a Jew, the name to him Barjesus: read more.
Who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paul, an intelligent man; he having called Barnabas and Saul, sought anxiously to hear the word of God. And Elymas the magician withstood them, (for so was his name interpreted,) seeking to turn the proconsul from the faith. And Saul, (also Paul,) filled with the Holy Spirit, and looking intently upon him, said, O, full of deceit, and all dexterity, son of the devil, enemy of all justice, Wilt thou cease perverting the straight ways of the Lord? And now, behold, the hand of the Lord upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun till the time. And immediately fell upon him mist and darkness; and going about he sought leading by hand. Then the proconsul having seen that done, he believed, being struck with amazement at the teaching of the Lord.


Therefore there was an incitement, so that they separated from one another: and Barnabas, having taken Mark, sailed to Cyprus;


And there came also with us of disciples from Cesarea, bringing with whom we should be received as guests to a certain Mnason Of Cyprus, an ancient disciple.


And Joses, surnamed Barnabas by the sent, (which is interpreted, Son of consolation,) a Levite, a Cyprian by birth,


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