12For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.
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Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast. …
And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians.
But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one: …
But Elymas the sorcerer(for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-13)The first time that Moses made his application to Pharaoh, he produced his instructions only; now he is directed to produce his credentials, and does accordingly. 1. It is taken for granted that Pharaoh would challenge these demandants to work a miracle, that, by a performance evidently above the power of nature, they might prove their commission from the God of nature. Pharaoh will say, Show a mi…
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