4. Having been sent by the Holy Spirit, Barnabas and Saul went to Seleucia and sailed from there to the island of Cyprus.
5. When they arrived at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues. They had John Mark with them to help in the work.
6. They went all the way across the island to Paphos, where they met a certain magician named Bar-Jesus, a Jew who claimed to be a prophet.
7. He was a friend of the governor of the island, Sergius Paulus, who was an intelligent man. The governor called Barnabas and Saul before him because he wanted to hear the word of God.
8. But they were opposed by the magician Elymas (that is his name in Greek), who tried to turn the governor away from the faith.
9. Then Saul — also known as Paul — was filled with the Holy Spirit; he looked straight at the magician
38-39. We want you to know, my fellow-Israelites, that it is through Jesus that the message about forgiveness of sins is preached to you; and that everyone who believes in him is set free from all the sins from which the Law of Moses could not set you free.
40. Take care, then, so that what the prophets said may not happen to you:
41. ‘Look, you scoffers! Be astonished and die!For what I am doing todayis something that you will not believe,even when someone explains it to you!’ ”