Kisah Para Rasul 13:8

13:8 But the magician Elymas ¹  (for that is the way his name is translated) ²  opposed them, trying to turn the proconsul ³  away from the faith.

Kisah Para Rasul 14:12

14:12 They began to call ⁴  Barnabas Zeus ⁵  and Paul Hermes, ⁶  because he was the chief speaker.

[13:8]  ¹ tn On the debate over what the name “Elymas” means, see BDAG 320 s.v. ᾿Ελύμας. The magician’s behavior is more directly opposed to the faith than Simon Magus’ was.

[13:8]  ² sn A parenthetical note by the author.

[13:8]  ³ sn The proconsul was the Roman official who ruled over a province traditionally under the control of the Roman senate.

[14:12]  ⁴ tn The imperfect verb ἐκάλουν (ekaloun) has been translated as an ingressive imperfect.

[14:12]  ⁵ sn Zeus was the chief Greek deity, worshiped throughout the Greco-Roman world (known to the Romans as Jupiter).

[14:12]  ⁶ sn Hermes was a Greek god who (according to Greek mythology) was the messenger of the gods and the god of oratory (equivalent to the Roman god Mercury).