Kisah Para Rasul 13:11

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Sekarang, lihatlah, tangan Tuhan datang menimpa engkau, dan engkau menjadi buta, beberapa hari lamanya engkau tidak dapat melihat matahari." Dan seketika itu juga orang itu merasa diliputi kabut dan gelap, dan sambil meraba-raba ia harus mencari orang untuk menuntun dia.

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Sekarang, lihatlah, tangan Tuhan datang menimpa engkau, dan engkau menjadi buta, beberapa hari lamanya engkau tidak dapat melihat matahari." Dan seketika itu juga orang itu merasa diliputi kabut dan gelap, dan sambil meraba-raba ia harus mencari orang untuk menuntun dia.

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Tengoklah, bahwa sekarang juga tangan Tuhan datang ke atasmu dan engkau akan buta, tiada nampak matahari beberapa waktu lamanya." Maka seketika itu juga ia ditimpa oleh kabur dan gelap, sehingga ia berpusing-pusing mencari orang memimpin tangannya.

Contextual Overview

⁴ And they, after they were sent foorth of the holy ghost, departed vnto Seleucia, & from thence they sealed to Cyprus. ⁵ And when they were at Salamine, they preached the worde of God in the synagogues of the Iewes: And they had also Iohn to their minister. ⁶ And when they had gone through the Ile vnto Paphos, they founde a certayne sorcerer, a false prophete, a Iewe, whose name was Bariesu: ⁷ Which was with the deputie of the countrey, one Sergius Paulus, a prudent man: The same called vnto hym Barnabas and Saul, and desired to heare the worde of God. ⁸ But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstoode them, and sought to turne the deputie away from the fayth. ⁹ Then Saul (which also is called Paul) beyng full of the holy ghost, set his eyes on hym, ¹⁰ And sayde: O full of all subtiltie and all mischiefe, thou chylde of the deuyll, thou enemie of all righteousnesse, wylt thou not cease to peruert the wayes of the Lorde? ¹¹ And nowe beholde, the hande of the Lorde is vpon thee, and thou shalt be blynde, and not see the sunne for a season. And immediatly, there fell on hym a myste, and a darcknesse, and he went about, seekyng [them] that shoulde leade hym by the hande. ¹² Then the deputie, when he sawe what was done, beleued, and wondred at the doctrine of the Lorde. ¹³ Nowe when they that were with Paul, were departed fro Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: And Iohn departed from them, and returned to Hierusalem.

Bible Verse Review
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hand: Exodus 9:3, 1 Samuel 5:6, 1 Samuel 5:9, 1 Samuel 5:11, Job 19:21, Psalms 32:4, Psalms 38:2, Psalms 39:10, Psalms 39:11

thou: Acts 9:8, Acts 9:9, Acts 9:17, Genesis 19:11, 2 Kings 6:8, Isaiah 29:10, John 9:39, Romans 11:7-10, Romans 11:25

a mist: 2 Peter 2:17

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 22:28 - If thou return 2 Kings 6:18 - Smite this people 2 Chronicles 18:27 - If Job 12:25 - grope Job 38:15 - from Isaiah 51:18 - that taketh Ezekiel 11:13 - when Luke 11:34 - but Acts 5:5 - hearing Acts 22:11 - being 2 Corinthians 10:6 - in 2 Timothy 3:9 - their Hebrews 8:9 - I took

Cross-References

Genesis 13:9
Is not the whole lande before thee? Seperate thy selfe I pray thee from me: yf thou wilt take the left hande, I wyll go to the ryght: or yf thou depart to the ryght hande, I wyll go to the left.

Genesis 13:14
And the Lorde saide vnto Abram, after that Lot was departed fro hym: Lyft vp thyne eyes nowe, and loke fro the place where thou art, northwarde, southward, eastwarde, and westward:

Genesis 19:17
And when he had brought them out, he sayde: Saue thy selfe, and loke not behynde thee, neither tary thou in all this playne [countrey] Saue thy selfe in the mountaine, lest thou perishe.

Psalms 16:3
But all my delyght is [to do good] vnto the saintes that are in the earth: and vnto such as excell in vertue.

Psalms 119:63
I am a companion of all them that feare thee: and kepe thy commaundementes.

Proverbs 27:10
Thyne owne frende and thy fathers frende see thou forsake not, and go not into thy brothers house in tyme of thy trouble: for better is a frende at hand, then a brother farre of.

Hebrews 10:25
Not forsakyng the assemblyng of our selues together, as the maner of some [is] but exhortyng one (another) and so much the more, as ye see the day approchyng.

1 Peter 2:17
Honour all men. Loue brotherly felowship. Feare God. Honour the kyng.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And now behold the hand of the Lord is upon thee,.... That is, the power of God was just ready to be exerted on him in a way of punishment, by striking him with blindness:

and thou shall be blind, not seeing the sun for a season: so blind as not to see the sun, when it shined ever so brightly: this punishment seems to be but for a time; and some say that Elymas repented, and had his sight restored to him; and after that he returned to his sorcery, and again greatly opposed Barnabas in the island of Cyprus:

and immediately there fell on him a mist and darkness; as soon as ever the apostle had said the above words, a dark mist fell upon his eyes, which began the blindness, and issued in a total one:

and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand; he groped about the room, if he could find, and lay hold on some person to lead him: for he was quickly stone blind, so that he could not guide himself, as the men of Sodom were, when smitten with blindness by the angel; wherefore, though they groped about for the door of the house till they were weary, they could not find it, Genesis 19:11 of which the Jews say, as here, that it was מכה מאת השם, "a stroke from God" u. Blind men need one to hold them by the hand, and lead them, as Samson, Judges 16:26 and Saul, Acts 9:8. The striking this man with blindness is an instance of the power the apostles were endued with, for the punishing of offenders: so Ananias and Sapphira were struck dead for telling a lie: and the incestuous person was delivered to Satan to undergo a corporeal punishment for his incest; as Hymenaeus and Alexander were for their blasphemy, Acts 5:5.

u Tzeror Hammor, fol. 20. 3.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The hand of the Lord is upon thee - God shall punish thee. By this sudden and miraculous punishment he would be awed and humbled, and the proconsul and others would be convinced that he was an impostor, and that the gospel was true. His wickedness deserved such punishment; and at the same time that due punishment was inflicted, it was designed that the gospel should be extended by this means. In all this there was the highest evidence that Paul was under the inspiration of God. He was full of the Holy Spirit; he detected the secret feelings and desires of the heart of Elymas; and he inflicted on him a punishment that could have proceeded from none but God. That the apostles had the power of inflicting punishment is apparent from various places in the New Testament, 1 Corinthians 5:5; 1 Timothy 1:20. The punishment inflicted on Elymas, also, would be highly emblematic of the darkness and perverseness of his conduct.

Not seeing the sun for a season - For how long a time this blindness was to continue is nowhere specified. It was, however, in mercy ordained that the blindness should not be permanent and final; and though it was a punishment, it was at the same time benevolent, for nothing would be more likely to lead him to reflection and repentance than such a state of blindness. It was such a manifest proof that God was opposed to him it was such a sudden divine judgment; it so completely cut him off from all possibility of practicing his arts of deception, that it was adapted to bring him to repentance. Accordingly there is a tradition in the early church that he became a Christian. Origen says that “Paul, by a word striking him blind, by anguish converted him to godliness” (Clark).

A mist - The word used here properly denotes “a darkness or obscurity of the air; a cloud,” etc. But it also denotes “an extinction of sight by the drying up or disturbance of the tumors of the eye” (Hippocrates, as quoted by Schleusner).

And a darkness - Blindness, night. What was the precise cause or character of this miracle is not specified.

And he went about ... - This is a striking account of the effect of the miracle. The change was so sudden that he knew not where to go. He sought someone to guide him in the paths with which he had before been familiar. How soon can God bring down the pride of man, and make him as helpless as an infant! How easily can He touch our senses, the organs of our most exquisite pleasures, and wither away all our enjoyments! How dependent are we upon Him for the inestimable blessing of sight! And how easily can He annihilate all the sinner’s pleasures, break up all his plans, and humble him in the dust! Sight is his gift; and it is a mercy unspeakably great that He does not overwhelm us in thick darkness, and destroy forever all the pleasure that through this organ is conveyed to the soul.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 13:11. The hand of the Lord is upon thee — The power of God is now about to deal with thee in the way of justice.

Thou shalt be blind — Every word here proves the immediate inspiration of Paul. He was full of the Holy Ghost when he began this address: by the light of that Spirit he discerned the state of Elymas, and exposed his real character; and, by the prophetic influence of that same Spirit, he predicted the calamity that was about to fall upon him, while as yet there was no sign of his blindness! Mark this!

Not seeing the sun for a season. — In the midst of judgment God remembers mercy. This blindness was not to be perpetual: it was intended to be the means of awakening and softening the hard heart of this poor sinner. There is an ancient tradition, and it is mentioned both by Origen and Chrysostom, that Elymas, in consequence of this became a sincere convert to the religion of Christ. Origen says: "And Paul by a word striking him blind, who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paul, δια των πονων επιστρεφει αυτον εις θεοσεβειαν, by anguish converted him to godliness." And, commenting on-Thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun, αχρι καιρου, for a season, asks, "And why for a season? That, being smitten on account of his transgressions, and brought to repentance, he might at last be deemed worthy to see the sun, not only with his body, but with his mind; that the Divine virtue might be proclaimed in restoring him to sight, and his soul, believing, might receive godliness." Com. in Exod., vol. i. p. 117, edit. de la Rue, Par. 1733.

There fell on him a mist and darkness — αχλυς, achlus, is a disordered state of the eye, in which the patient sees through a thick mist. This thick mist, or perturbed state of the eye, took place first: it increased, and σκοτος, thick, positive darkness, was the issue.

He went about — πεπιαγων. Not knowing how to take a right step, he groped about in great uncertainty; and, not being able to find his way, he sought for some persons to lead him by the hand. This state of Elymas is inimitably expressed in one of the cartoons of Raphael, now at Hampton-court, (and lately engraved, in the true spirit of the original, by Mr. Thomas Holloway,) in which his whole figure expresses the depth of distress, concern, uncertainty, and confusion; and, to use a word common in exhibiting this matchless piece of painting, he is blind from head to foot. In this manner the text authorizes the painter to express the state of this miserable culprit.