Acts 20:30

20:30 Even from among your own group ¹  men ²  will arise, teaching perversions of the truth ³  to draw the disciples away after them.

Acts 13:8

13:8 But the magician Elymas ⁴  (for that is the way his name is translated) ⁵  opposed them, trying to turn the proconsul ⁶  away from the faith.

[20:30]  ¹ tn Grk “from among yourselves.”

[20:30]  ² tn The Greek term here is ἀνήρ (anhr), which only rarely is used in a generic sense to refer to both males and females. Since Paul is speaking to the Ephesian elders at this point and there is nothing in the context to suggest women were included in that group (“from among your own group”), it is most likely Paul was not predicting that these false teachers would include women.

[20:30]  ³ tn Grk “speaking crooked things”; BDAG 237 s.v. διαστρέφω 2 has “λαλεῖν διεστραμμένα teach perversions (of the truth) Ac 20:30.”

[13:8]  ⁴ tn On the debate over what the name “Elymas” means, see BDAG 320 s.v. ᾿Ελύμας. The magician’s behavior is more directly opposed to the faith than Simon Magus’ was.

[13:8]  ⁵ sn A parenthetical note by the author.

[13:8]  ⁶ sn The proconsul was the Roman official who ruled over a province traditionally under the control of the Roman senate.