Barjesus

Also known as: Elymas · Role: sorcerer and false prophet · First appears: Acts 13

Barjesus, also known as Elymas, was a sorcerer and false prophet. In Acts 13 at Paphos, Barjesus opposed Paul and Barnabas, seeking to turn the deputy away from the faith: “But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.”

Paul then pronounced judgment on Barjesus, saying, “thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season.” Immediately, Barjesus became blind and went about seeking someone to lead him by the hand. When Sergius Paulus saw this, he believed, astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.

Relationship record

Life events

• Paul pronounced blindness on Barjesus, and Barjesus immediately became blind.(Acts 13 · 📍 Paphos)
  • With: Paul
  • “Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him. And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord? And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.”
• Sergius Paulus believed after seeing Barjesus become blind.(Acts 13 · 📍 Paphos)
  • With: Sergius Paulus
  • “And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand. Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.”

Acts 13

• enemies with Paul “But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.”
• enemies with Barnabas “But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.”
• with Paul (Paul pronounced blindness upon Barjesus/Elymas.) “And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season.”

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Extracted from the original text of The New Testament. Made with Rho MD.