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Acts 13:12

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10 And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

11 And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.

Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.

13 Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem.

14 But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down.

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BSB
When the proconsul saw what had happened, he believed, for he was astonished at the teaching about the Lord.
KJV
Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.
WEB
Then the proconsul, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the teaching of the Lord.
ASV
Then the proconsul, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the teaching of the Lord.
DARBY
Then the proconsul, seeing what had happened, believed, being amazed at the teaching of the Lord.
BLB
Then the proconsul, having seen that having happened, believed, being astonished at the teaching of the Lord.
ÅB
Da kom landshøvdingen til troen, da han så det som var skjedd, og han undret seg storlig over Herrens lære.
OTB
Da prokonsulen så hva som hadde skjedd, trodde han, forundret over Herrens lære.
B1930
Da kom landshøvdingen til troen, da han så det som var skjedd, og han undret sig storlig over Herrens lære.

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