Bible Characters & Character Studies
Elymas
First appears at Acts 13:8
First named in Scripture at Acts 13:8 — read the chapter.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
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).
Reading photograph: “Colosseum in Rome, Italy - April 2007” — the Colosseum at dusk — by Diliff, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons — resized.
