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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Acts 13:6

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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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.
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