Sergius Paulus
Acts 13:3-12
And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.…


The first great trophy of the great Apostle of the Gentiles.

I. TAKEN FROM THE MIDST OF A HOSTILE CAMP. A Roman, a man of power, a man of education.

II. WRESTED FROM A CRAFTY POSSESSOR. Elymas the sorcerer, as the representative of the falsely praised art of human sophistry.

III. AS A PERMANENT ORNAMENT TO THE APOSTLE. Supplanting his Jewish name.

(K. Gerok.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.

WEB: Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.




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