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body, so that it may be healthy, so that it may rejoice and not be in pain; so that having thus well ordered our own affairs, we may be able to lay hold of the highest virtue, and to obtain the eternal good things, by the grace and loving-kindness of our Lord Jesus Christ, with whom to the Father, together with the Holy Spirit, be glory, dominion, honor, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen. 60.209 HOMILY 28. These, therefore, having been sent out by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus. And when they were at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they also had John as their assistant. a'. As soon as they were ordained, they went out, and sailed to Cyprus, since there was no plot there, and the word had already been sown. For in Antioch there were enough; and Phoenicia was near Palestine, but Cyprus was not. Therefore do not ask, why? when they are moved by the Spirit; for they were not only ordained by the Spirit, but also sent forth. And when they were at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. Do you see them making every effort to announce the word to them first, so that they might not make them more contentious? And those men spoke only to Jews, and these went to the synagogues. And when they had gone through the whole island to Paphos, they found a certain magician, a Jewish false prophet, whose name was Bar-Jesus, who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called Barnabas and Saul to him, and sought to hear the word of God. But Elymas the magician (for so his name is translated) withstood them, seeking to turn away the proconsul from the faith. Again a Jewish magician, just like Simon. And see him, that when they were preaching to others, he was not very angry; but when they approached the proconsul, then he was. But the wonderful thing about the proconsul was that, although he was preoccupied with that man's magic, he wanted to hear the apostles. Thus also the Samaritans acted, and from comparison the victory is apparent, with magic being captured. Everywhere vainglory and love of power are the causes of evils. But Saul, who is also Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him and said: O full of all deceit and all villainy, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord? And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you shall be blind, not seeing the sun for a time. Here his name is changed after the ordination, which also happened in the case of Peter. And see, the matter is not insult, but astonishment. For the rash and shameless must be astonished in this way. O full of all deceit, he says, and all villainy. You son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness. Here he reveals the things in his 60.210 mind, destroying the proconsul under the pretext of salvation. Will you not cease, he says, perverting the ways of the Lord? And credibly, "You are not warring against us," he says, "nor fighting, but you are perverting the straight ways of the Lord," and with praise. And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you shall be blind; By the sign by which he himself was brought, by this he also wished to bring this man. And the phrase, "For a time," was not the word of one punishing, but of one converting. For if it were of one punishing, he would have made him blind forever; but now not so, but for a time, that he might gain the proconsul. And immediately a mist and a darkness fell upon him, and he went about seeking someone to lead him by the hand. Then the proconsul, when he saw what had happened, believed, being astonished at the teaching of the Lord. Rightly so; for it was necessary to instruct by this punishment the one preoccupied by magic. Thus also the magicians in Egypt were formerly instructed by the boils. But see them not lingering there, since the proconsul had now believed, nor being softened by flattery and honor, but immediately keeping to their work, and setting out for the country opposite. And setting sail from Cyprus, Paul and his company came to Perga in Pamphylia. But John, departing from them, returned

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σῶμα, ὅσον εὔρωστον εἶναι, ὅσον χαίρειν καὶ μὴ ἀλγεῖν· ἵνα οὕτω τὰ καθ' ἑαυτοὺς εὖ διαθέντες δυνηθῶμεν τῆς ἄκρας ἀρετῆς ἐπιλαβέσθαι, καὶ τῶν αἰωνίων ἀγαθῶν ἐπιτυχεῖν, χάριτι καὶ φιλανθρωπίᾳ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, μεθ' οὗ τῷ Πατρὶ ἅμα τῷ ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι δόξα, κράτος, τιμὴ, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ, καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν. 60.209 ΟΜΙΛΙΑ ΚΗʹ. Οὗτοι μὲν οὖν ἐκπεμφθέντες ὑπὸ τοῦ Πνεύματος τοῦ ἁγίου κατῆλθον εἰς Σελεύκειαν, κἀκεῖθεν ἀπέπλευσαν εἰς τὴν Κύπρον. Καὶ γενόμενοι ἐν Σαλαμῖνι, κατήγγειλαν τὸν λόγον τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν ταῖς συναγωγαῖς τῶν Ἰουδαίων. Εἶχον δὲ καὶ Ἰωάννην ὑπηρέτην. αʹ. Ἅμα χειροτονηθέντες ἐξῆλθον, καὶ εἰς Κύπρον ἀπέπλευσαν, ἅτε οὐκ οὔσης ἐπιβουλῆς ἐκεῖ, καὶ τοῦ λόγου κατασπαρέντος ἤδη. Ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ μὲν γὰρ ἦσαν ἱκανοί· καὶ ἡ Φοινίκη δὲ πλησίον τῆς Παλαιστίνης ἦν, Κύπρος δὲ οὐχί. Λοιπὸν μὴ ζήτει, διά τί; ὅταν Πνεύματι κινῶνται· οὐ γὰρ δὴ ἐχειροτονήθησαν Πνεύματι μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐξεπέμφθησαν. Καὶ γενόμενοι ἐν Σαλαμῖνι κατήγγελλον τὸν λόγον τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν ταῖς συναγωγαῖς τῶν Ἰουδαίων. Ὁρᾷς πᾶσαν σπουδὴν ποιουμένους αὐτοὺς ἐκείνοις καταγγέλλειν τὸν λόγον πρώτοις, ἵνα μὴ φιλονεικοτέρους ἐργάσωνται; Καὶ ἐκεῖνοι οὐκ ἐλάλουν εἰ μὴ Ἰουδαίοις μόνοις, καὶ οὗτοι εἰς τὰς συναγωγὰς ἀπῄεσαν. ∆ιελθόντες δὲ τὴν νῆσον ὅλην ἄχρι Πάφου, εὗρον ἄνδρα τινὰ μάγον ψευδοπροφήτην Ἰουδαῖον, ᾧ ὄνομα Βὰρ Ἰησοῦς, ὃς ἦν σὺν τῷ ἀνθυπάτῳ Σεργίῳ Παύλῳ, ἀνδρὶ συνετῷ· ὃς προσκαλεσάμενος Βαρνάβαν καὶ Σαῦλον, ἐπεζήτησεν ἀκοῦσαι τὸν λόγον τοῦ Θεοῦ. Ἀνθίστατο δὲ αὐτοῖς Ἐλύμας ὁ μάγος (οὕτω γὰρ μεθερμηνεύεται τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ), ζητῶν διαστρέψαι τὸν ἀνθύπατον ἀπὸ τῆς πίστεως. Πάλιν μάγος Ἰουδαῖος, καθάπερ Σίμων. Καὶ ὅρα τοῦτον, ὅτε μὲν τοῖς ἄλλοις ἐκήρυττον, οὐ σφόδρα ἀγανακτοῦντα· ἐπειδὴ δὲ τῷ ἀνθυπάτῳ προσῄεσαν, τότε. Τὸ δὲ θαυμαστὸν τοῦ ἀνθυπάτου, ὅτι καὶ προκατειλημμένος τῇ μαγείᾳ ἐκείνου, ἤθελεν ἀκοῦσαι τῶν ἀποστόλων. Οὕτω καὶ οἱ Σαμαρεῖται ἐποίησαν, καὶ ἀπὸ συγκρίσεως ἡ νίκη φαίνεται, τῆς μαγείας ἁλισκομένης. Πανταχοῦ ἡ κενοδοξία καὶ ἡ φιλαρχία αἴτιαι τῶν κακῶν. Σαῦλος δὲ ὁ καὶ Παῦλος, πλησθεὶς Πνεύματος ἁγίου, ἀτενίσας εἰς αὐτὸν εἶπεν· Ὢ πλήρης παντὸς δόλου καὶ πάσης ῥᾳδιουργίας, υἱὲ διαβόλου, ἐχθρὲ πάσης δικαιοσύνης, οὐ παύσῃ διαστρέφων τὰς ὁδοὺς Κυρίου τὰς εὐθείας; Καὶ νῦν ἰδοὺ χεὶρ Κυρίου ἐπὶ σὲ, καὶ ἔσῃ τυφλὸς, μὴ βλέπων τὸν ἥλιον ἄχρι καιροῦ. Ἐνταῦθα τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ἀμείβεται μετὰ τῆς χειροτονίας, ὅπερ καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ Πέτρου γεγένηται. Καὶ ὅρα, οὐχ ὕβρις τὸ πρᾶγμά ἐστιν, ἀλλὰ κατάπληξις. Τοὺς γὰρ ἰταμοὺς καὶ ἀναισχύντους οὕτω δεῖ καταπλήττεσθαι. Ὢ πλήρης παντὸς δόλου, φησὶ, καὶ πάσης ῥᾳδιουργίας. υἱὲ διαβόλου, ἐχθρὲ πάσης δικαιοσύνης. Ἐνταῦθα αὐτοῦ ἀποκαλύπτει τὰ ἐν τῇ δια 60.210 νοίᾳ, προσχήματι σωτηρίας ἀπολλύντι τὸν ἀνθύπατον. Οὐ παύσῃ, φησὶ, διαστρέφων τὰς ὁδοὺς Κυρίου; Καὶ ἀξιοπίστως, Οὐχ ἡμῖν πολεμεῖς, φησὶν, οὐδὲ μάχῃ, ἀλλὰ τὰς ὁδοὺς Κυρίου διαστρέφεις τὰς εὐθείας, καὶ μετ' ἐγκωμίου. Καὶ νῦν ἰδοὺ χεὶρ Κυρίου ἐπὶ σὲ, καὶ ἔσῃ τυφλός· Ὧ αὐτὸς προσήχθη σημείῳ, τούτῳ καὶ τοῦτον ἠβουλήθη προσαγαγεῖν. Καὶ τὸ, Ἄχρι καιροῦ δὲ, οὐ κολάζοντος ἦν τὸ ῥῆμα, ἀλλ' ἐπιστρέφοντος. Εἰ γὰρ κολάζοντος ἦν, διαπαντὸς ἂν αὐτὸν ἐποίησε τυφλόν· νῦν δὲ οὐ τοῦτο, ἀλλὰ πρὸς καιρὸν, ἵνα τὸν ἀνθύπατον κερδάνῃ. Παραχρῆμα δὲ ἐπέπεσεν ἐπ' αὐτὸν ἀχλὺς καὶ σκότος, καὶ περιάγων ἐζήτει χειραγωγούς. Τότε ἰδὼν ὁ ἀνθύπατος τὸ γεγονὸς, ἐπίστευσεν, ἐκπληττόμενος ἐπὶ τῇ διδαχῇ τοῦ Κυρίου. Εἰκότως· τὸν γὰρ προκατειλημμένον τῇ μαγείᾳ ταύτῃ τῇ τιμωρίᾳ παιδεῦσαι ἐχρῆν. Οὕτω καὶ οἱ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ μάγοι ὑπὸ τῶν φλυκτίδων τὸ πρὶν ἐπαιδεύοντο. Ὅρα δὲ αὐτοὺς οὐκ ἐγχρονίζοντας αὐτόθι, ἅτε τοῦ ἀνθυπάτου λοιπὸν πιστεύσαντος, οὐδὲ μαλακισθέντας τῇ κολακείᾳ καὶ τῇ τιμῇ, ἀλλ' εὐθέως τοῦ ἔργου ἐχομένους, καὶ εἰς τὴν ἀντιπέραν χώραν ὁρμῶντας. Ἀναχθέντες δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς Κύπρου οἱ περὶ Παῦλον, ἦλθον εἰς Πέργην τῆς Παμφυλίας. Ἰωάννης δὲ ἀποχωρήσας ἀπ' αὐτῶν ὑπέστρεψεν