Kisah Para Rasul 9:11

9:11 Then the Lord told him, “Get up and go to the street called ‘Straight,’ ¹  and at Judas’ house look for a man from Tarsus named Saul. For he is praying,

Kisah Para Rasul 13:10

13:10 and said, “You who are full of all deceit and all wrongdoing, ²  you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness – will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord? ³ 

[9:11]  ¹ sn The noting of the detail of the locale, ironically called ‘Straight’ Street, shows how directive and specific the Lord was.

[13:10]  ² tn Or “unscrupulousness.”

[13:10]  ³ sn “You who…paths of the Lord?” This rebuke is like ones from the OT prophets: Jer 5:27; Gen 32:11; Prov 10:7; Hos 14:9. Five separate remarks indicate the magician’s failings. The closing rhetorical question of v. 10 (“will you not stop…?”) shows how opposed he is to the way of God.