How to Pronounce Bar-jesus
bahr-JEE-zuhs
Bar-jesus is pronounced bahr-JEE-zuhs (bɑːrˈdʒiːzəs): three syllables, stress on the second.
What does Bar-jesus mean?
Bar-jesus means “son of Jesus or Joshua”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Who was Bar-jesus?
Bar-jesus was a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet at Paphos on Cyprus, also called Elymas, whose name is given as Barjesus (Acts 13:6). When he withstood Barnabas and Saul, seeking to turn the deputy away from the faith, Paul rebuked him (Acts 13:8).
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