5. When they arrived at Salamis, they began to proclaim the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. They also had John as a helper.
6. When they had gone throughout the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a man who was a magician—a Jewish false prophet, whose name was Bar-Yeshua.
7. He was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God.
8. But Elymas the magician (for so his name is translated) was opposing them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith.
9. But Saul, who is also Paul, filled with the Ruach ha-Kodesh, fixed his gaze on him