Why didn't God stop Pharaoh's magicians?
Curiously Kaitlyn
Phil Vischer
4.9 • 865 Ratings
🗓️ 10 March 2026
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Pharaoh's magicians seem to be doing magic in the Bible! If supernatural power comes from God, then how are these guys turning rods into snakes? Kaitlyn talks about how people have understood that passage in the Bible and what it reveals about our relationship to idols, magic, and God.
0:00 - Theme Song
0:56 - Why Did God Let Pharaoh's Magicians Do Magic?
4:25 - Was it Just a Magic Trick?
9:12 - God vs Egyptian gods
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18:35 - Idols and Magic
26:30 - Final Words
30:55 - End Credits
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Curiously Caitlin, where we try to make theology make sense. |
| 0:06.5 | I don't know. |
| 0:10.1 | That doesn't make any sense. |
| 0:15.0 | Curiously, Kate, yeah. |
| 0:20.0 | Welcome back to another Curiously, Caitlin. I am here once again with producer Mike. Mike, how are you? |
| 0:26.0 | Caitlin, today I am feeling magical. I knew somehow that you were going to say that. Just magical. |
| 0:31.7 | Magical. You've had a busy day. Very busy day. Yeah. So somehow you're still, you still got a spring in yourself. |
| 0:37.3 | I do. You know, there's magic in the air. I'm day. Yeah. So somehow you're still, you still got a spring in yourself. I do. You know, |
| 0:38.9 | there's, there's magic in the air. I'm trying to think of other words for magic and I'm failing right now. Magic. It's like a spell's been cast on me. It's like, it's, yeah, sparkling. Sparkling. So, so good. And I'm just curious what our question will be today. |
| 0:53.3 | I'm also curious, no idea. |
| 0:54.5 | Should we hit play and find out? |
| 0:56.5 | So with the witch and other. So good. And I'm just curious what our question will be today. I'm also curious. No idea. |
| 0:54.6 | Should we hit play and find out? |
| 0:56.4 | So with the witch and of Indoor and the priests, I mean the magicians of Pharaoh, |
| 1:03.8 | how it almost seems like they can do supernatural forces that doesn't seem like it's obeying God's goodwill. How does God allow that? |
| 1:16.6 | Or is he help or is he actually making them do it? Oh, I like this kid. This voice, I'm |
| 1:24.2 | someone on the internet, the parent of this child can maybe let us know, I think |
| 1:27.8 | we've answered a question from this kid before. |
| 1:30.9 | We've had another clip before with a very similar voice that just, and it's the same |
| 1:35.9 | inquisitive nature of a kid who is reading their Bible. |
| 1:38.6 | Whether it's the same kid or not, I love that this is another kid who is like reading |
| 1:43.9 | the Bible and doing what theologians do, |
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