Acts 13:9
New International Version
Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked straight at Elymas and said,

New Living Translation
Saul, also known as Paul, was filled with the Holy Spirit, and he looked the sorcerer in the eye.

English Standard Version
But Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him

Berean Standard Bible
Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked directly at Elymas

Berean Literal Bible
And Saul, the one also called Paul, having been filled the Holy Spirit, having looked intently upon him,

King James Bible
Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him,

New King James Version
Then Saul, who also is called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him

New American Standard Bible
But Saul, who was also known as Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, stared at him,

NASB 1995
But Saul, who was also known as Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, fixed his gaze on him,

NASB 1977
But Saul, who was also known as Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, fixed his gaze upon him,

Legacy Standard Bible
But Saul, who was also known as Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, fixed his gaze on him,

Amplified Bible
But Saul, who was also known as Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit and led by Him, looked steadily at Elymas,

Christian Standard Bible
But Saul—also called Paul—filled with the Holy Spirit, stared straight at Elymas

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then Saul—also called Paul—filled with the Holy Spirit, stared straight at the sorcerer

American Standard Version
But Saul, who is also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, fastened his eyes on him,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But Shaul, who was called Paulus, was filled with The Spirit of Holiness, and he stared at him.

Contemporary English Version
Then Saul, better known as Paul, was filled with the Holy Spirit. He looked straight at Elymas

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then Saul, otherwise Paul, filled with the Holy Ghost, looking upon him,

English Revised Version
But Saul, who is also called Paul, filled with the Holy Ghost, fastened his eyes on him,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
But Saul, also known as Paul, was filled with the Holy Spirit. He stared at Elymas

Good News Translation
Then Saul--also known as Paul--was filled with the Holy Spirit; he looked straight at the magician

International Standard Version
But Saul, also known as Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked him straight in the eye

Literal Standard Version
And Saul—who also [is] Paul—having been filled with the Holy Spirit, and having looked steadfastly on him,

Majority Standard Bible
Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked directly at Elymas

New American Bible
But Saul, also known as Paul, filled with the holy Spirit, looked intently at him

NET Bible
But Saul (also known as Paul), filled with the Holy Spirit, stared straight at him

New Revised Standard Version
But Saul, also known as Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him

New Heart English Bible
But Saul, who is also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, fastened his eyes on him,

Webster's Bible Translation
Then Saul (who also is called Paul) filled with the Holy Spirit, set his eyes on him,

Weymouth New Testament
Then Saul, who is also called Paul, was filled with the Holy Spirit, and, fixing his eyes on Elymas,

World English Bible
But Saul, who is also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, fastened his eyes on him

Young's Literal Translation
And Saul -- who also is Paul -- having been filled with the Holy Spirit, and having looked stedfastly on him,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
On Cyprus
8But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith. 9Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked directly at Elymas 10and said, “O child of the devil and enemy of all righteousness, you are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery! Will you never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord?…

Cross References
Matthew 10:20
For it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

Mark 8:25
Once again Jesus placed His hands on the man's eyes, and when he opened them his sight was restored, and he could see everything clearly.

Acts 2:4
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.

Acts 4:8
Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, "Rulers and elders of the people!


Treasury of Scripture

Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him.

who.

Acts 13:7
Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.

filled.

Acts 2:4
And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

Acts 4:8,31
Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel, …

Acts 7:55
But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,

set.

Mark 3:5
And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.

Luke 20:17
And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?

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Acts 13
1. Paul and Barnabas are chosen to go to the Gentiles.
6. Of Sergius Paulus, and Elymas the sorcerer.
13. Paul preaches at Antioch that Jesus is Christ.
42. The Gentiles believe;
44. but the Jews talked abusively against Paul,
46. whereupon they turn to the Gentiles, of whom many believe.
50. The Jews raise a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, who go to Iconium.














(9) Then Saul, (who also is called Paul).--It is impossible not to connect the mention, and probably the assumption, of the new name with the conversion of the proconsul. It presented many advantages. (1) It was sufficiently like his own name in sound to fall within the general practice which turned Jesus into Jason, Hillel into Pollio, Silas into Silvanus. (2) It was a Roman, not a Greek, name, and as such fell in with the ultimate work of the Apostle, already, it may be, contemplated in thought (comp. Romans 15:23), of bearing his witness to Christ in the imperial city. (3) It formed a link between him and the illustrious convert whom he had just made. He was, as it were, claiming a brotherhood with him. From this point of view, it is interesting to compare the name of Lucas or Lucanus, as borne both by the evangelist and the poet. (Comp. Introduction to St. Luke, Vol. I., p. 237.) Other reasons that have been assigned, as (1) that the Greek word Saulos had an opprobrious meaning, as = wanton, or (2) that the meaning of Paulus, as = little, commended itself to the Apostle's humility, may be dismissed as more or less fantastic.

Filled with the Holy Ghost.--The tense of the Greek participle, implies a sudden access of spiritual power, showing itself at once in insight into character, righteous indignation, and prevision of the divine chastisement.

Set his eyes on him.--The word is that already so often noted, as in Acts 1:10, and elsewhere. As applied to St. Paul it may possibly connect itself with the defect of vision which remained as the after-consequence of the brightness seen on the way to Damascus. The Greek word, however, it is right to add, may just as well express the fixed gaze of men of strong powers of sight, as that of those who suffer from some infirmity. (See Acts 1:10; Acts 3:4; Luke 4:20; Luke 22:56.) . . .

Verse 9. - But for then, A.V.; is also for also is, A.V.; fastened for set, A.V. (above, Acts ill 4, note). Who is also called Paul. The explanation of Jerome, Augustine, Bede, and many modern commentators, as Meyer, Olshausen, etc., and not rejected by Renan, is that Saul took the name of Paul on the occasion of this remarkable and important conversion of Sergius Paulus. Saul's future intercourse with Gentiles made it desirable that, after the common custom of the Jews of his day - as seen in Peter, Stephen, Mark, Lucius, Jason, Crispus, Justus, Niger, Aquila, Priscilla, Drusilla etc. - he should have a Gentile name, and so, in honor of his illustrious convert, or in memory of his conversion, or at the special request of Sergius Paulus (Baronius), he took the name of Paul, which in sound was not unlike his Hebrew name. The fact of this change of name being recorded by St. Luke at this precise moment makes this the most simple and natural explanation. Compare Gideon's change of name to Jerubbaal (Judges 6:32; Judges 7:1; Judges 8:29, 35). Alford, on the ether hand, thinks it strange that any one should make such a mistake as Jerome's, and says that "this notice marks the transition from the former part of his history" - "gathered from the narratives of others" - to "the joint memoirs of himself and St. Paul." But this gives no account of the coincidence of the two Pauls, nor is it true that the latter half of the Acts begins here. It began at ver. 1, and the name of Saul has been retained three times in the early part of this chapter. Farrar speaks of this explanation as, long and deservedly abandoned," and as having in it an element of vulgarity. Howson thinks that Paul had long been his Roman name, but that the conversion of Sergius Paulus, as it were, stereotyped the Roman name as that by which the apostle was henceforth to be known. The idea of Augustine and others, that he took the name of Paul (paulus, small) from humility, to indicate that he was "the least" of the apostles, is fanciful. Neither is Chrysostom's assertion, that he changed his name at his ordination or consecration, borne out by the facts. Renan ('Saint Paul,' 1:19) notes that "Paul" was a very common name in Cilicia. No certainty can be arrived at in the matter.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
Then
δέ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

Saul,
Σαῦλος (Saulos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 4569: Saul, the apostle. Of Hebrew origin, the same as Saoul; Saulus, the Jewish name of Paul.

who [was]
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

also [called]
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

Paul,
Παῦλος (Paulos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3972: Paul, Paulus. Of Latin origin; Paulus, the name of a Roman and of an apostle.

filled with
πλησθεὶς (plēstheis)
Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 4130: To fill, fulfill, complete. A prolonged form of a primary pleo to 'fill' (imbue, influence, supply); specially, to fulfil.

[the] Holy
Ἁγίου (Hagiou)
Adjective - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's 40: Set apart by (or for) God, holy, sacred. From hagos; sacred.

Spirit,
Πνεύματος (Pneumatos)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's 4151: Wind, breath, spirit.

looked directly
ἀτενίσας (atenisas)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 816: To direct my gaze, look steadily. From a compound of a and teino; to gaze intently.

at
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

Elymas
αὐτὸν (auton)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.


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