13 ⁴ So these two, sent out on their mission by the Holy Spirit, came down to Seleucia, and from there sailed to Cyprus. 13 ⁵ Arriving at Salamis, they declared the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. They had John with them as their assistant. 13 ⁶ They went through the whole island as far as Paphos, and there they came upon a sorcerer, a Jew who posed as a prophet, Bar-Jesus by name. 13 ⁷ He was in the retinue of the Governor, Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man, who had sent for Barnabas and Saul and wanted to hear the word of God. 13 ⁸ This Elymas the sorcerer (so his name may be translated) opposed them, trying to turn the Governor away from the Faith. 13 ⁹ But Saul, also known as Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, fixed his eyes on him 13 ¹⁰ and said, 'You swindler, you rascal, son of the devil and enemy of all goodness, will you never stop falsifying the straight ways of the Lord? 13 ¹¹ Look now, the hand of the Lord strikes: you shall be blind, and for a time you shall not see the sunlight.' Instantly mist and darkness came over him and he groped about for someone to lead him by the hand. 13 ¹² When the Governor saw what had happened he became a believer, deeply impressed by what he learned about the Lord.