And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain magician, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus:
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
A magician . whose name was Bar-jesu, son of Jesus, or Josue. In Arabic, Elymas is the same as magician. This man did all he could to dissuade the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, from embracing the Christian faith. (Witham)
Sala mina was the capital of the island of Cyprus, and at the eastern extremity, as Paphos was at the western. A. D. 45.
