Discovery BoxActs 13:9-10 
Context13:9 But Saul (also known as Paul), 1 filled with the Holy Spirit, 2 stared straight 3 at him 13:10 and said, “You who are full of all deceit and all wrongdoing, 4 you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness – will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord? 5
1 sn A parenthetical note by the author.
2 sn This qualifying clause in the narrative indicates who represented God in the dispute.
3 tn Or “gazed intently.”
4 tn Or “unscrupulousness.”
5 sn “You who…paths of the Lord?” This rebuke is like ones from the OT prophets: Jer 5:27; Gen 32:11; Prov 10:7; Hos 14:9. Five separate remarks indicate the magician’s failings. The closing rhetorical question of v. 10 (“will you not stop…?”) shows how opposed he is to the way of God.
