Acts 13:6

“And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, etc.] The Alexandrian copy, and the Vulgate Latin and Syriac versions read, “the whole isle”; for through the midst of the whole island they must go, to go from Salarnis to Paphos; for Salamis was on the east, and Paphos on the west of the islands f616: it had its name from the Phoenician word, twap tap, “peathpaoth”, “the corner of corners”; because both old and new Paphos were situated in the extreme part of the island; and not from Paphus, the son of Pygmalion, by any ivory statue which he had made, whom Venus, at his request, according to the fables of the Heathens, turned into a woman: some say f617, that Cinyras, a king of the…”

“when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos--on the opposite or west side of the island, about one hundred miles by land, along the south coast; the Roman capital, where the governor resided. they found a . . . sorcerer--one of a numerous class of impostors who, at this time of general unbelief, were encouraged even by cultivated Romans.”

“And when they had gone through the isle - The length of the island, according to Strabo, was 1,400 stadia, or nearly 170 miles. Unto Paphos - Paphos was a city at the western extremity of the island. It was the residence of the proconsul, and was distinguished for a splendid temple erected to Venus, who was worshipped throughout the island. Cyprus was fabled to be the place of the birth of this goddess. It had, besides Paphos and Salamis, several towns of note Citium, the birthplace of Zeno, Areathus, sacred to Venus, etc. Its present capital is Nicosia. Whether Paul preached at any of these places is not recorded. The island is formerly supposed to have had one million inhabitants. A…”

“Paphos was on the western, Salamis on the eastern part of the island. Acts 13:7”

“13:6-12 At Paphos there was a power struggle with a false prophet, with the result that the power of God was manifested and the Roman governor became a believer. 13:6 Paphos was located on the southwest coast of Cyprus. As the leading city of Cyprus, it was of strategic importance. • a Jewish sorcerer . . . named Bar-Jesus: Such eastern magicians often exercised a tremendous influence in the Greco-Roman world.”

“certain: Act 8:9-11, Act 19:18, Act 19:19; Exo 22:18; Lev 20:6; Deu 18:10-12; Ch1 10:13; Isa 8:19, Isa 8:20 a false: Deu 13:1-3; Kg1 22:22; Jer 23:14, Jer 23:15; Eze 13:10-16; Zac 13:3; Mat 24:24; Co2 11:13; Ti2 3:8; Pe2 2:1-3; Jo1 4:1; Rev 19:20 whose: Mat 16:17; Mar 10:46; Joh 21:15-17 Acts 13:7”