ζητῶν διαστρέψαι τὸν�, seeking to turn aside the proconsul from the faith. Sergius had not yet accepted the doctrine of the Apostles, though we may presume that both he and Elymas had heard much about their teaching since their landing at Salamis. Report going before had roused the proconsul’s curiosity and the magician’s fear, and the wish of the latter was to divert the attention of Sergius, that he might not send for the new teachers.

On this Chrysostom has: ὅρα τοῦτον, ὅτε μὲν τοῖς ἄλλοις ἐκήρυττον οὐ σφόδρα�, ἐπείδη σὲ τῷ�. τὸ δὲ θαυμαστὸν τοῦ�, ὅτι καὶ προκατειλημμένος τῇ μαγείᾳ ἐκείνου ἤθελεν�.

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