ACTS 13:12 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.”
When the proconsul saw what had happened, he believed, for he was amazed at the teaching about the Lord — Sergius Paulus's belief (episteusen) follows witnessing the judgment upon Elymas, demonstrating that apostolic sign-working serves to authenticate the message. His amazement (existēmi, to be astonished) at the teaching (didachē) indicates that the doctrine itself, now confirmed by divine action, persuades him. This is Luke's first recorded conversion of a Roman official, foreshadowing the eventual reach of the gospel into the empire's governing structures.
Church Fathers on Acts 13:12
And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness: and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand. Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord. Acts 13:12 But observe, how they do not linger there, as (they might have been tempted to do) now that the proconsul was a believer, nor are enervated by being courted and honored, but immediately keep on with their work, and set out for the country on the opposite…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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