ACTS 13:11 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.”
Now the Lord's hand is against you. You are going to be blind, for a time you will be unable to see the light of the sun — Paul pronounces judgment with apostolic authority (the Lord's hand is against you), striking blindness upon Elymas as a sign of spiritual judgment. The darkness that envelops the magician mirrors Paul's own experience of blindness at his conversion (9:8-9), suggesting that physical blindness may precede spiritual sight. This is the first miracle attributed to Paul in Acts, marking him as an instrument of God's justice.
Church Fathers on Acts 13:11
And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you shall be blind. Acts 13:11 It was the sign by which he was himself converted, and by this he would fain convert this man. As also that expression, for a season, puts it not as an act of punishing, but as meant for his conversion: had it been for punishment, he would have made him lastingly blind, but now it is not so, but for a season (and this), that he may gain the proconsul. For, as he was prepossessed by the…
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