("Wise" in Arabic) is another name for '''Bar-Jesus''' ("son of Jesus"), a Jew ish Magician who appears in the New Testament in the '' Acts Of The Apostles '', chapter 13.
Acts calls him a Magus , which the King James Bible here translates as "sorcerer". He is represented as opposing Paul Of Tarsus and Barnabas on the city of Paphos on Cyprus , when Sergius Paulus , the Roman Proconsul , wishes to hear Paul and Barnabas speak about Jesus . Because of this opposition, Paul causes him to be temporarily struck with blindness; and after this miracle, Sergius Paulus is converted to Christianity . These events took place during Paul's first missionary journey.
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