He was close to
[associated with] Cyprus's proconsul
Sergius Paulus, who was a sensible
(intelligent) man.
[Sergius Paulus held the highest Roman office on the island. Luke uses the exact Roman terms that varied from place to place and from decade to decade. Cyprus had become a proconsular province with a proconsul during the reign of the fourth Roman emperor, Claudius, from 41 to 54 AD. Previously, the island had been ruled by a propraetor.] Sergius Paulus summoned Barnabas and Saul and wanted to hear the word of God.
