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NASB					Acts 13:8 But Elymas¹⁶⁸¹ the ^Amagician³⁰⁹⁷ (for so³⁷⁷⁹ his name³⁶⁸⁶ is translated³¹⁷⁷) was opposing⁴³⁶ them, seeking²²¹² to turn¹²⁹⁴ the ^Bproconsul⁴⁴⁶ away¹²⁹⁴ from ^Cthe faith⁴¹⁰².
AMPLIFIED 2015					Acts 13:8 But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is how his name is translated) opposed them, trying to turn the proconsul away from accepting the faith.

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Acts 8:9 ¶ Now there was a man named Simon, who formerly was practicing magic in the city and astonishing the people of Samaria, claiming to be someone great;

Acts 13:7 who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of intelligence. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God.

Acts 6:7 ¶ The word of God kept on spreading; and the number of the disciples continued to increase greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were becoming obedient to the faith.

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436

anthistêmi; from 473 and 2476; to set against, i.e. withstand:--cope(1), oppose(1), has opposed(1), opposed(4), opposing(1), resist(5), resists(2).

446

anthupatos; from 473 and hupatos (highest); a consul, proconsul:--proconsul(4), proconsuls(1).

1294

diastrephô; from 1223 and 4762; to distort, fig. misinterpret, corrupt:--make crooked(1), misleading(1), perverse(1), perverse things(1), perverted(2), turn...away(1).

1681

Elumas; of Ara. or Arab. or.; Elymas, a magician:--Elymas(1).

2212

zêteô; of unc. or.; to seek:--deliberating(1), demanding(1), inquire(1), looking(11), made efforts(1), search(4), searched(1), seek(36), seek after(1), seeking(35), seeks(9), sought(4), striving(1), tried(1), trying(6), kept trying to obtain(2).

3097

magos; of Pers. or., cf. [7248]; a Magian, i.e. an (Oriental) astrologer, by impl. a magician:--magi(4), magician(2).

3177

methermêneuô; from 3326 and 2059; to translate, to interpret:--translated(8).

3686

onoma; a prim. word; a name, authority, cause:--called(1), name(175), name's(7), named(34), names(8), people(1), people*(1), persons(1).

3779

houtô and houtôs; adv. from 3778; in this way, thus:--even so(1), exactly(2), exactly*(1), follows(2), in such a manner(1), in such a way(4), just(2), like this(5), like*(1), same(2), same manner(1), same way(5), so(125), such(2), then(1), thereby(1), this(1), this is the way(2), this is how(1), this effect(1), this manner(4), this respect(1), this way(22), thus(7), way(7), way this(1).

4102

pistis; from 3982; faith, faithfulness:--faith(238), faithfulness(3), pledge(1), proof(1).

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