Matthew Poole and continuators on Acts 13:6

6 And when they had gone through the Isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus:

This City was on the West-end of Cyprus. So that going from Salamis they went through the Island; this place was famous for the worshipping of Venus.

There were many Magicians about this time amongst the Iews, who by their false Miracles endeavoured to bring the real Miracles of our Saviour into contempt. As the Magicians and Sorcerers of Egypt, by their enchantments for a while, did seem to do such wonders, as Moses had wrought by the Finger of God, Exod. 7.11.