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Now, behold, the hand of the Lord is on you, and you will be blind, not seeing the sun for a season!" Immediately there fell on him a mist and darkness. He went around seeking someone to lead him by the hand.
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A Fitting Punishment
Commentators widely agree that the punishment of blindness was not random. Elymas, who tried to keep the proconsul in spiritual darkness by perverting the truth, was justly subjected to physical darkness. Scholars note this as a powerful example of a punishment fitting the crime, demonstrating that active opposition to God's light leads to darkness.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The hand of the Lord is upon thee. God will punish you. By this sudden and miraculous punishment, he would be awed and humbled, and the pr…
Upon thee (επ σε). The use of επ with the accusative is rich and varied, the precise shade of meaning depending on the content. Th…
19th Century
Anglican
The hand of the Lord is upon you.—The anthropomorphic phrase would convey to every Jew the thought of a chastisement whic…
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From Salamis, Barnabas and Saul traveled throughout the island of Cyprus, continuing to preach within the Jewish synagogues to both Jews and “Godfe…
16th Century
Protestant
Behold the hand. The hand is used here to punish, by which he signifies that God is the author of this punishment, and that he is only the…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And now behold the hand of the Lord is upon you That is, the power of God was just ready to be exerted on him in a w…
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Satan is in a particular way busy with great men and men in power, to keep them from being religious, for their example will influence many.
