Elymas the magician

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• Elymas — ( Wise in Arabic) is another name for Bar Jesus ( son of Jesus ), a Jewish magician who appears in the New Testament in the Acts of the Apostles , chapter 13. Acts calls him a magus, which the King James Bible here translates as sorcerer . He is… …   Wikipedia

• Elymas —    Magician or sorcerer, the Arabic name of the Jew Bar jesus, who withstood Paul and Barnabas in Cyprus. He was miraculously struck with blindness (Acts 13:11) …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

• List of Biblical names — This is a list of names from the Bible, mainly taken from the 19th century public domain resource: : Hitchcock s New and Complete Analysis of the Holy Bible by Roswell D. Hitchcock, New York: A. J. Johnson, 1874, c1869.Each name is given with its …   Wikipedia

• Cyprus — • An island in the Eastern Mediterranean, at the entrance of the Gulf of Alexandretta Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Cyprus     Cyprus      …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Divination — • The seeking after knowledge of future or hidden things by inadequate means Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Divination     Divination      …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Paphos — • Titular see, suffragan of Salamis in Cyprus. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Paphos     Paphos     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

• ABRAHAM BEN SIMEON OF WORMS — (15th century), pseudonym of the unknown author of a supposedly comprehensive guide to the divine magic according to the Kabbalah, especially the conjuration of the Guardian Angel who presides over every man s spiritual life. The author tells at… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Paphos — City established in the 4th cent. BCE on the SW coast of Cyprus. Paul and Barnabas met the Roman proconsul Sergius Paulus, who was astonished at the teaching about the Lord (Acts 13:12) when Paul caused the magician Elymas to be struck blind …   Dictionary of the Bible

• Magic —    The Jews seem early to have consulted the teraphim (q.v.) for oracular answers (Judg. 18:5, 6; Zech. 10:2). There is a remarkable illustration of this divining by teraphim in Ezek. 21:19 22. We read also of the divining cup of Joseph (Gen.… …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

• List of occultists — List of notable occultists and mystics. This is a list of notable people, whether contemporary, historical or legendary, who are or were involved in any of the following practices and traditions: occult science paranormal magic, black or white… …   Wikipedia

• Occult Art, Occultism — • An attempt to work apparent miracles not by the power of God, but by the use of hidden forces beyond man s control Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Occult Art, Occultism     Occult Art, Occultism …   Catholic encyclopedia