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Verse Acts 16:18. _PAUL, BEING GRIEVED_] Probably for the reasons
assigned above.
_TURNED-TO THE SPIRIT_] Not to the _woman_; she was only the _organ_
by which the spirit acted.
_I COMMAND THEE, IN...
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BUT PAUL, BEING GRIEVED - Being molested, troubled, offended. Paul was
grieved, probably:
* Because her presence was troublesome to him;
* Because it might be said that he was in alliance with her...
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CHAPTER 16
_ 1. In Derbe and Lystra again. Timotheus (Acts 16:1)._
2. The Preaching forbidden in Asia (Acts 16:6).
3. The Vision of the Man from Macedonia (Acts 16:9).
4. The Gospel in Europe (Act...
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EXORCISM OF A POSSESSED GIRL. The walk to the place of prayer is made
frequently, and the party comes to be known. A girl who carried on a
trade in the fortune-telling of these days notes them; a girl...
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A SON IN THE FAITH (Acts 16:1-5)...
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DID. was doing.
MANY. for (Greek. _epi._ App-104.) many.
GRIEVED. worn out with annoyance. Greek. _diaponeomai._ Only here and
Acts 4:2.
COMMAND. Greek. _parangello._ See note on Acts 1:4.
THE NAM...
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_this did she many days_ Whether this following took place only on the
sabbaths, when the Apostles were going to the place of prayer, in
which case the Apostles must have remained in Philippi some wee...
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PREACHING ON THE SABBATH AT PHILIPPI. CONVERSION AND BAPTISM OF LYDIA.
A SPIRIT OF DIVINATION CAST OUT BY ST PAUL. ANGER OF THOSE WHO MADE
GAIN THEREBY. PAUL AND SILAS ARE SEIZED, BROUGHT BEFORE THE
A...
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_THE CONVERSION OF THE JAILER IN PHILIPPI ACTS 16:16-40:_ At a place
of prayer in Philippi Paul and Silas came across a girl that had a
spirit of divination. Her masters made a lot of money from her p...
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ΈΠΟΊΕΙ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΠΟΙΈΩ (G4160) делать.
_Impf._ указывает на длительное действие:
"она продолжала делать это"
ΔΙΑΠΟΝΗΘΕΊΣ _aor. pass. part. (temp.) от_
ΔΙΑΠΟΝΈΩ (G1278) негодовать, возмущат...
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DISCOURSE: 1786
A SPIRIT OF DIVINATION CAST OUT
Acts 16:16. _And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain
damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her
masters much g...
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BUT PAUL, BEING GRIEVED,— He might imagine that if the Gentiles
believed the testimony of the woman, it might invalidate his doctrine
and miracles; and by leading them to suppose that there was a
conf...
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AT PHILLIPPI. Acts 16:12-40
a.
A description of Philippi. Acts 16:12.
Acts 16:12
and from thence to Philippi, which is a city of Macedonia, the first
of the district, a Roman colony: and we were i...
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See notes on verse 16...
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And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said
to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out
of her. And he came out the same hour.
AND THIS DID SHE M...
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40 Silas was almost necessary as a companion for Paul. The decrees
provided that they should be delivered by both Barnabas and Paul,
while Judas and Silas were to confirm them by word of mouth. Now th...
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ST. PAUL IN EUROPE
1. Timotheus] was probably of Lystra, not Derbe. His mother Eunice was
perhaps a widow, and she, together with his grandmother Lois, educated
the lad in the religion of Israel, tho...
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GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE
ACTS
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 16
TIMOTHY WORKS WITH PAUL AND SILAS, 16:1-5
V1 Paul went to Derbe and then he went to Lystra. A *Christian called
Timothy lived there. Timothy...
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BUT PAUL, BEING GRIEVED ... — It is obvious that the constant
repetition of these clamorous cries must have been a hindrance to the
Apostle’s work, disturbing him as he talked to the other women at
th...
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διαπονηθεὶς, only here and in Acts 4:2 in N.T.; its use in
LXX in two passages only does not help us much, see Acts 4:2, and in
classics it is not used in the sense required here. Aquila uses it
four...
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WELCOMED; ATTESTED; IMPRISONED
Acts 16:14
This was an epoch-making moment, but how quietly it is recorded. There
was no heralding of the gospel which was to transform Europe. The need
for it was uns...
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Here begins the account of Pads second journey. At Lystra he found
Timothy. His action in the circumcision of Timothy is startling in
view of the recent decision of the council. Some charge him with
i...
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Paul and Silas Imprisoned
Luke reported that the group went for prayer, possibly daily. A slave
girl who was demon possessed followed them crying out, "These men are
the servants of the Most High God...
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And this did she (g) many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and
said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come
out of her. And he came out the same hour.
(g) Paul made no...
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Observe here that the servants of God have a power granted them of
controlling wicked spirits, according to the promise of our Lord, Luke
ix. and x. Hence the seventy disciples, returning, said: _Lord...
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A fortune-telling female slave, who brought much money to her owners
by her Satanic incantations, continues to follow these evangelists day
by day, incessantly crying after them, _“These men are serva...
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And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed
with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much
gain by soothsaying: (17) The same followed Paul and us, and cr...
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We now enter on the missionary journeys, as they are called, of the
apostle Paul. The work, under the Spirit, opens to the glory of the
Lord. Not merely are Gentiles met in grace and brought into the...
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18._Paul took it grievously. _It may be that at the first Paul
neglected, and did not greatly regard the crying of the maid, because
he hoped that there would be no account made thereof, and had rat...
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There is perhaps no example of this more remarkable than that which
Paul does with regard to Timothy. He uses circumcision in all liberty
to set aside Jewish prejudice. It is very doubtful whether, ac...
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AND THIS SHE DID MANY DAYS,.... As the apostle and his company passed
to and from the oratory, being for that time at Lydia's house; she
followed them, and repeated the above words. This she was suffe...
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And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said
to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out
of her. And he came out the same hour.
Ver. 18. _Paul being...
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_The same followed Paul and us_ Luke, Silas, and Timothy; _and cried,
saying_ With great earnestness of voice and gesture; _These men are
the servants of the most high God_, &c. A great truth: but the...
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BEING GRIEVED; at her debased and wretched condition, and the evil she
might occasion.
IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST; this showed that the author of this
miracle was not Paul, but Christ....
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The encounter with the spirit of divination:...
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Coming to Derbe and Lystra, where he and Barnabas had been persecuted
before, Paul was favorably impressed with the young man, Timothy, who
had evidently been converted through Paul on his first visit...
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AND THIS SHE DID FOR MANY DAYS. BUT PAUL, GREATLY ANNOYED, TURNED AND
SAID TO THE SPIRIT, " I COMMAND YOU IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST TO
COME OUT OF HER. " AND HE CAME OUT THAT VERY HOUR.
1. If this...
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"And this she did for many days. But Paul, being sore troubled, turned
and said to the spirit,. charge thee in the name of Jesus Christ to
come out of her. And it came out that very hour"Being sore tr...
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16-24 Satan, though the father of lies, will declare the most
important truths, when he can thereby serve his purposes. But much
mischief is done to the real servants of Christ, by unholy and false
pr...
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St. Paul was GRIEVED, either for the maid's sake, who suffered so much
by her being possessed with this spirit, or, for their sakes who were
seduced by him. St. Paul (as our Saviour had done, MARK 1:2...
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Acts 16:18 And G1161 this G5124 did G4160 (G5707) G1909 many G4183
days G2250 But G1161 Paul G3972 annoyed G1278 (G5666) turned G1994
(G5660) and G2532 said G2036 (G5627) spirit G4151 command G3853
(G...
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THE MISSION TO EUROPE (16:6-19:20).
Paul's plans now seemed to begin to go awry. All doors seemed to be
closing to him as in one way or another he was first hindered from
going one way, and then anot...
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Acts 16:18. I COMMAND THEE IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST TO COME OUT OF
HER. ‘In My Name,' said the Lord (Mark 16:17), ‘shall they cast
out devils.' It is noticeable how differently such acts as these w...
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SHE DID
(εποιε). Imperfect active, kept it up for many days. The strange
conduct gave Paul and the rest an unpleasant prominence in the
community.BEING SORE TROUBLED
(διαπονηθεις). First aorist p...
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Acts 16:9. _And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a
man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia,
and help us._
Our dreams often follow the leading thoughts of...
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CONTENTS: Paul finds Timothy. Paul's Macedonian vision. The first
convert in Europe. Demons cast out of a damsel. Paul and Silas beaten.
Conversion of the Philippian jailer.
CHARACTERS: Jesus, Holy S...
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Acts 16:1. _Then came he to Lystra,_ as in Acts 14:6. In their former
labours in that city, Lois a jewess, her daughter Eunice, and Timothy
her son, had embraced the faith. Now, they found Timothy gro...
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WE WERE MET BY A SLAVE GIRL. She was possessed by a demon, who gave
her supernatural abilities. THESE MEN ARE SERVANTS. The demon knew who
they were (James 2:19). Compare Mark 3:12; Luke 4:34-35. IN T...
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_A certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination._
THE PYTHONESS
The words, literally, are as in the margin, a spirit of Python, or, as
some MSS. give it, a Python spirit. The Python was the s...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 16:11 Philippi was the first Macedonian city in
which Paul witnessed.
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_CRITICAL REMARKS_
Acts 16:16. A CERTAIN DAMSEL POSSESSED WITH A SPIRIT OF
DIVINATION.—Better, _a female slave_ (Galatians 4:22) _having the
spirit of a pythoness_, or, according to superior authorit...
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EXPOSITION
ACTS 16:1
_And he came also _for _then came he, _A.V._ _and T.R.; _to Lystra
_for _Lystra, _A.V._; Timothy _for _Timotheus, _A.V._; of a Jewess
_for _of a certain woman which was a Jewess,...
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We remember at the end of our study last week there arose a contention
between Paul and Barnabas who had been close companions on the first
missionary venture of the church. But because Barnabas was i...
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Acts 14:13; Acts 19:12; Acts 3:6; Acts 9:34; Colossians 2:15; Luke
10:17; Luke 9:1; Mark 1:25; Mark 1:26; Mark 1:34;...
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Grieved [δ ι α π ο μ η θ ε ι ς]. Not strong enough. Rather,
worn out. Both grieved at the sad condition of the woman, and
thoroughly annoyed and indignant at the continued demonstrations of
the evil s...