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“Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine [teaching] of the Lord” (Acts 13:12).
If you read the account in this chapter of the visit of Paul and Barnabas to Cyprus, and especially their time spent in Paphos, you will see that a Jew, who was involved with demons, tried to persuade the deputy, Sergius Paulus, not to believe the gospel. But Paul used the power of God to make this Jewish “magician” blind for a while, to show him that God’s power was greater than Satan’s power.
However, when Sergius Paulus believed, it does not say that he was astonished at the power of the Lord, but rather at the teaching of the Lord. He was probably used to heathen gods of the Romans, and the power of Satan in the Jew who was connected with demons. But then he heard the gospel from Paul and Barnabas, and learned that he could have his sins forgiven, and have peace with God through the Lord Jesus Christ. It was this wonderful truth that really impressed him, and won his heart. Have you accepted the Lord Jesus as your Savior?
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