⁷ who was an attendant of the proconsul,^(A) Sergius Paulus. The proconsul, an intelligent man, sent for Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God.

⁸ But Elymas the sorcerer^(A) (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul^(B) from the faith.^(C)

¹² When the proconsul^(A) saw what had happened, he believed, for he was amazed at the teaching about the Lord.

³⁸ If, then, Demetrius and his fellow craftsmen^(A) have a grievance against anybody, the courts are open and there are proconsuls.^(B) They can press charges.