Acts 13:6

Acts 13:6

And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus:

a. NLT: Afterward they traveled from town to town across the entire island until finally they reached Paphos, where they met a Jewish sorcerer, a false prophet named Bar-Jesus.

b. NIV: They traveled through the whole island until they came to Paphos. There they met a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet named Bar-Jesus,

c. YLT: and having gone through the island unto Paphos, they found a certain magian, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name is Bar-Jesus;

d. Amplified Bible Classic: When they had passed through the entire island of Cyprus as far as Paphos, they came upon a certain Jewish wizard or sorcerer, a false prophet named Bar-Jesus.

e. Worrell Translation: And, having gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-Jesus,

1. “And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos…”

a. And [Strong: 1161 * de deh a primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc.:--also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).]

b. when they had gone through [Strong: 1330 * dierchomai dee-er'-khom-ahee from 1223 and 2064; to traverse (literally):--come, depart, go (about, abroad, everywhere, over, through, throughout), pass (by, over, through, throughout), pierce through, travel, walk through.]

c. the isle [Strong: 3520 * nesos nay'-sos probably from the base of 3491; an island:--island, isle.]

d. unto [Strong: 891 * achri akh'-ree or achris akh'-rece; akin to 206 (through the idea of a terminus); (of time) until or (of place) up to:--as far as, for, in(-to), till, (even, un-)to, until, while.]

e. Paphos [Strong: 3974 * Paphos paf'-os of uncertain derivation; Paphus, a place in Cyprus:--Paphos.]

1). The distance between Salamis to Paphos is a little over 50 miles. Apparently little happened on the trip through Cyprus.

2. “…they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-jesus.”

a. they found [Strong: 2147 * heurisko hyoo-ris'-ko, a prolonged form of a primary heuro hyoo'-ro, which (together with another cognate form) heureo hyoo-reh'-o is used for it in all the tenses except the present and imperfect to find (literally or figuratively):--find, get, obtain, perceive, see.]

b. a certain [Strong: 5100 * tis tis an enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object:--a (kind of), any (man, thing, thing at all), certain (thing), divers, he (every) man, one (X thing), ought, + partly, some (man, -body, - thing, -what), (+ that no-)thing, what(-soever), X wherewith, whom(-soever), whose(-soever).]

c. sorcerer [Strong: 3097 * magos mag'-os of foreign origin (7248); a Magian, i.e. Oriental scientist; by implication, a magician:--sorcerer, wise man.] [Unger’s Bible Dictionary:

In Matthew 2:1, “wise men”; in Acts 13:6, 8 “sorcerer”]

d. a falseprophet [Strong: 5578 * pseudoprophetes psyoo-dop-rof-ay'-tace from 5571 and 4396; a spurious prophet, i.e. pretended foreteller or religious impostor:--false prophet.] [Zodhiates: a false prophet, one who falsely assumes the work of a prophet when foretelling things…]

1). Horton: “Bar-jesus means son of Jesus, son of Joshua. The phrase means, ‘follower of’’, cp. 2 Kings 2:3”

2). Even though the incident starts out introducing this person, when the whole passage is read it appears that it actually began with a request of Sergius Paulus wanting to hear the word of God and because he happened to be with him we are introduced to the sorcerer.