Acts 13:10 meaning and explanation

and said, “O child of the devil and enemy of all righteousness, you are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery! Will you never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord?

Acts 13:10, Berean Standard Bible

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Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, speaks these sharp words to Elymas, a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet attached to the Roman proconsul Sergius Paulus on Cyprus. Elymas was actively opposing the missionaries and trying to turn the official away from the faith.

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